The Ministry of Health approved the timing of preventive and therapeutic appointments with a geriatric specialist. Department Decision No. 657n dated December 5, 2023 entry Valid as of January 28.
According to the instructions of the Ministry of Health, the time required for a geriatrician to see an elderly patient is 45 minutes if the person consults a doctor due to illness and requires examination and taking anamnesis (disease history and symptom history). If the intake is preventive, its duration should be reduced by 35% (up to 29 minutes).
During the appointment, the geriatrician must complete medical documentation, but the time spent on this should not exceed 35% of the appointment time.
In addition, the Ministry of Health, in the ministry’s draft amendment published on the regulatory draft portal, proposed introducing a standard for equipping the geriatric room. It should include a blood pressure monitor, a sphygmomanometer, a stethophonendoscope, a Rosenbaum table, an otoscope, a sound amplification device, a telescopic cane, a glucose analyzer, a walker, a magnifying glass, and a scale with a stadiometer.
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