On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:14:12 -0500, "Dee Randall"
> wrote:

>>
>> Why not go talk to some of these docs who are ordering these tests in
>> your hospital and find out why they are ordering them?
>>
>> Boron
>
>OTOH, I had a CT a few weeks ago, signed papers for it, etc. when I read the
>fine print (on the front page) that this CT would NOT be done without the
>submission of proof of blood test level of one particular thing, which I do
>not remember at the moment.
>This was an imaging facility/office where people come and go all day, but I
>was not asked if I had had this blood test as a requirement for getting the
>CT.
>
>In my case I should be asking the doctors at that facility why in the h....
>absolutely no one had ordered this test prior, or reception personnel didn't
>required that I had the papers to prove that I had had it done.
>
>Why was no one ordering them?
>It goes both ways.
>Dee Dee
>
>

That is one of three things...one, that the Xray facility/doc screwed
up, two, that you had the test previously and the results had been
faxed over to the facilty by your doc, three, the test was not really
needed as a pre-req or perhaps not in your particular case and the
line was just not crossed out on the form.

Give me a few minutes and I can probably come up with several more
reasons.

Why didn't you question this at the facility and call your doc's
office right away? If you saw something that seemed untoward, you
should have been proactive and followed up. Better safe than sorry. A
patient who reads carefully and questions things might avoid an error.

Boron