I came down with the flu last week. After an alarming fever on Tuesday, I scheduled an appointment in the afternoon to see Dr. Norsen at Virginia Mason in Bellevue. When booking the appointment, I was asked to put on a facemask when I entered the office. Obviously this was for precautions against swine flu. I liked that they were careful to do this, although it looked weird as I was the only one in the lobby with one on.
I get called in to the room and get my vitals checked. It has been a while since I have been here, so many of the things on file were old news which included a medication I had been prescribed that I stopped taking 2 years ago. My computer file was messed up with a test request for that of a female. This made me apprehensive somewhat.
As for the appointment itself, it was okay but rather predictable to what I was expecting. Though the utterance of the phrase swine flu was not pleasant. I never did get a true diagnosis of what type of flu this was swine or not. Thus, there was no prescriptions to be prescribed, but rather the rest and fluids treatment.
I would say three stars would be more appropriate, but I will push this to four as I agree with Dale with having a doctor that plays it safe. It looks like Virginia Mason seems to do that, though some things could be improved on. Like listing patient gender correctly. read more