Nebraska Medicine +17

I have used the Nebraska Med App a lot for scheduling, viewing test results and correspondence. However, I used it for a virtual visit for a sinus infection and I am really pleased with how great it worked. I waited a week for the infection to clear up or to change to a bacterial infection. I just sent a response text to the virtual clinic that my symptoms hadn’t cleared up and ai got an immediate response and a prescription is being filled as I write this review. This is especially nice since my head hurts and I do the want to go wait in a doctor’s office.

I’ve been being treated by a specialist at UNMC who recommended I use this app if I ended up having issues with respiratory infections again since the hospitals in Lincoln have incompetent emergency departments that have a history of misdiagnosing things a first year med student could, so I gave it a shot. Some PA told me that she couldn’t let me see a dr as I needed to be seen in person, even though a doctor who is MUCH her senior that works at the med center TOLD ME to use the app. Really unhappy because I’m still sick and I can’t even get word to my treating doctor through the app DESIGNED to do that. I mean that is what this app advertises itself as a way to treat minor things. Because of my IgG deficiency I get respiratory infections at least once a month. This is minor and what the treating provider said to do. I guess some want-to-be doctor PA gets to overrule the advice of a doctor with decades of experience. It makes me doubt UNMC’s competence overall if they can’t keep their promises their providers make to patients. Honestly I don’t think PAs should be treating patients anyway, I’ve never received but subpar care from them and been misdiagnosed.

Being a Deaf individual, this app offers me access I desire to my medical records and practitioners. I can ask quick questions and get a respond quicker than setting up an appointment!

Plus the app allows me to reach a nurse to get a feel of the available appointment times if needed. Also I get to have my most current records with me if I happen to be out of town!

While I love the access this app offers me, my experience is not the same for every Deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf Disabled, Late Deafened, and Hard of Hearing person. Each person has different accommodation needs. Never assume what is access is effective for one person is effective for all!