Guest guest Posted October 17, 2001 Report Share Posted October 17, 2001 , You just saved me a post ... my sentiments EXACTLY. I would, if I was fairly certain that something was *missing*, alert him/her to that (diplomacy would come into play here), but would never type what is NOT dictated. IMO, *we* did not (or many of us anyway) go through 8+ years of med school, are not qualified to make those kinds of judgments, and are not making 6 figures (well ... guess I'll just speak for myself on that one), and the doc *really* oughta know better. Yep ... ego sometimes is an issue, so we must *respect* that. I have docs, however, who are so very thankful that I picked up on something (an oversight on their part) and they're not hesitant to admit it. At the same time, I have a few who think, as we all do, they can do no wrong. Oh boy .. I know I said you saved me a post and here I go with a lengthy one. So sorry. We do what we can with the knowledge/experience we have. OK, better run as I see my work piling up now ... Shel >>> : How can you be certain that the dr did forget the cardio part of the exam, perhaps he really did not examine it? I could understand if a pulmonologist did not dictate the respiratory portion of an exam. I have dr's who dictate the same thing all the time, except there's one time he/she doesn't. I would leave it out of the dictation, not leave a blank, but add a note to ask about it. It's a pain, I know the dr does it that way every other time, but the dr's can be really snippy and treat you like you are trying to tell them what to do. Some drs just cannot see that they could ever have made an error and would dismiss your comments as " not knowing what you are talking about. " I have found it's best to tippy toe around the md's egos and let them think that they can no dictate something if they want to. Anyway, that's my 2 cents. I've just been on the receiving end of the rantings of a dr when I " presumed " he left something out of a dictation. BTW he did leave out the extremity exam, and on every other report from then after, he included the extremity exam. But he would never admit to me or anyone else that he really did accidentally leave it out and made a mistake on one report. Lehman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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