You have Arthritis

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I have attached a copy of the X-ray report that my patient recieved from his PA

as Kaiser.

And we are the ones with sloppy notes....

Bingham

Highland Chiropractic

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That doesn't look like an x-ray report, but a report of findings to the patient. It is bogus, because it is simplistic and shows lack of understanding of the patient's problem by the person who wrote it. I suspect the radiologist wrote some semblance of a real report that we would recognize. The 2 radiologists in Astoria are so overworked that their reports have gotten shorter over the years. They miss more stuff now and with multiple studies on the same person they might write little more than normal study. In general, they are better than that.

Ann Goldeen, Astoria

You have Arthritis

I have attached a copy of the X-ray report that my patient recieved from his PA as Kaiser.And we are the ones with sloppy notes.... BinghamHighland Chiropractic

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Your right there was a report that was written by the radiologist.  Unfortunately it was written in medical speak and the only thing that the patient could understand was "severe degeneration."  The PA failed to explain the implication of the radiologist report. As I entered the room and asked my patient how is was doing, his reply was "I was doing much better until I read the second page of the report."  I forwarded the first page of the report for humors sake, but unfortunately the findings were not explained to the patient which left him panic-stricken.  This is a man who is in the middle of a divorce and doesn't need extra stress in his life.  Do you think that the PA has any idea of what is going on in this patients personal life?My point being...the way in which this information was presented to the patient caused undue stress due to negligence.  If the PA would have taken the time to explain the report to the patient,  there would have been little cause for alarm.  Instead, the PA wrote "you have arthritis on the report," and send my patient along.  The PA had no idea that this man could have a nervous breakdown at any point.  Why, because he is a part of a system that require him to see a certain number of patients/hour.  I could spend a lot of time a top of this soap box, but we all know that people are not numbers.  Unfortunately the powers that create "medical businesses" view people as just that, numbers.  It is no surprise that our current system is broken, but I thought we might need a reminder of how our patient are being treated by the medical machine.  On Nov 15, 2006, at 8:25 PM, anngoldeeen wrote:That doesn't look like an x-ray report, but a report of findings to the patient.  It is bogus, because it is simplistic and shows lack of understanding of the patient's problem by the person who wrote it.  I suspect the radiologist wrote some semblance of a real report that we would recognize.  The 2 radiologists in Astoria are so overworked that their reports have gotten shorter over the years.  They miss more stuff now and with multiple studies on the same person they might write little more than normal study.  In general, they are better than that.Ann Goldeen, Astoria You have ArthritisI have attached a copy of the X-ray report that my patient recieved from his PA as Kaiser.And we are the ones with sloppy notes.... BinghamHighland Chiropractic

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This was how this patient was treated by that PA. It is unfair to blame the 'medical machine' for that. Look to ourselves first for improvement....that is my soapbox.

sharron fuchs dc

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of BinghamSent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:22 PManngoldeeen; Oregon DCsSubject: Re: You have Arthritis

Your right there was a report that was written by the radiologist. Unfortunately it was written in medical speak and the only thing that the patient could understand was "severe degeneration." The PA failed to explain the implication of the radiologist report.

As I entered the room and asked my patient how is was doing, his reply was "I was doing much better until I read the second page of the report." I forwarded the first page of the report for humors sake, but unfortunately the findings were not explained to the patient which left him panic-stricken. This is a man who is in the middle of a divorce and doesn't need extra stress in his life. Do you think that the PA has any idea of what is going on in this patients personal life?

My point being...the way in which this information was presented to the patient caused undue stress due to negligence. If the PA would have taken the time to explain the report to the patient, there would have been little cause for alarm. Instead, the PA wrote "you have arthritis on the report," and send my patient along.

The PA had no idea that this man could have a nervous breakdown at any point. Why, because he is a part of a system that require him to see a certain number of patients/hour. I could spend a lot of time a top of this soap box, but we all know that people are not numbers. Unfortunately the powers that create "medical businesses" view people as just that, numbers.

It is no surprise that our current system is broken, but I thought we might need a reminder of how our patient are being treated by the medical machine.

On Nov 15, 2006, at 8:25 PM, anngoldeeen wrote:

That doesn't look like an x-ray report, but a report of findings to the patient. It is bogus, because it is simplistic and shows lack of understanding of the patient's problem by the person who wrote it. I suspect the radiologist wrote some semblance of a real report that we would recognize. The 2 radiologists in Astoria are so overworked that their reports have gotten shorter over the years. They miss more stuff now and with multiple studies on the same person they might write little more than normal study. In general, they are better than that.

Ann Goldeen, Astoria

You have Arthritis

I have attached a copy of the X-ray report that my patient recieved from his PA as Kaiser.And we are the ones with sloppy notes.... BinghamHighland Chiropractic

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It's also about the fact that, once they see degeneration, the patient is put into the 'arthritis' category with a certain protocol to be prescribed for the rest of forever. That is all they have as an answer so the patient is basically written off or, at the very least, put into a 'box' and mentailly dismissed on that level.

Sunny

Sunny Kierstyn, RN DC Fibromyalgia Care Center of Oregon 2677 Willakenzie Road, 7C

Eugene, Oregon, 97401

541- 344- 0509; Fx; 541- 344- 0955

From: Bingham <bingonis@...>anngoldeeen <anngoldeen@...>, Oregon DCs < >Subject: Re: You have ArthritisDate: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:21:41 -0800

Your right there was a report that was written by the radiologist. Unfortunately it was written in medical speak and the only thing that the patient could understand was "severe degeneration." The PA failed to explain the implication of the radiologist report.

As I entered the room and asked my patient how is was doing, his reply was "I was doing much better until I read the second page of the report." I forwarded the first page of the report for humors sake, but unfortunately the findings were not explained to the patient which left him panic-stricken. This is a man who is in the middle of a divorce and doesn't need extra stress in his life. Do you think that the PA has any idea of what is going on in this patients personal life?

My point being...the way in which this information was presented to the patient caused undue stress due to negligence. If the PA would have taken the time to explain the report to the patient, there would have been little cause for alarm. Instead, the PA wrote "you have arthritis on the report," and send my patient along.

The PA had no idea that this man could have a nervous breakdown at any point. Why, because he is a part of a system that require him to see a certain number of patients/hour. I could spend a lot of time a top of this soap box, but we all know that people are not numbers. Unfortunately the powers that create "medical businesses" view people as just that, numbers.

It is no surprise that our current system is broken, but I thought we might need a reminder of how our patient are being treated by the medical machine.

On Nov 15, 2006, at 8:25 PM, anngoldeeen wrote:

That doesn't look like an x-ray report, but a report of findings to the patient. It is bogus, because it is simplistic and shows lack of understanding of the patient's problem by the person who wrote it. I suspect the radiologist wrote some semblance of a real report that we would recognize. The 2 radiologists in Astoria are so overworked that their reports have gotten shorter over the years. They miss more stuff now and with multiple studies on the same person they might write little more than normal study. In general, they are better than that.

Ann Goldeen, Astoria

You have Arthritis

I have attached a copy of the X-ray report that my patient recieved from his PA as Kaiser.And we are the ones with sloppy notes.... BinghamHighland Chiropractic

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