No. It’s not. Healthcare professionals will ask patients about their health status through a series of questions per category. Whatever physical examinations that need to be conducted will be done after.

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No, but it’s highly encouraged. Patients have the right to disclose what they want about their health status to healthcare professionals or other people. Healthcare professionals must respect that right. Professionals can go the extra mile to explain what a Review of Systems is to convince patients to provide all the information needed.
If patients can answer your questions as soon as you ask them, it can be accomplished within five minutes, but it can take a little longer than that, depending on the number of questions you ask them per category.
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