"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> 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

Boron, I was the one that was proactive about the whole thing. I was the
one that read it carefully and brought it to their attention. The imaging
facility was the one who was dragging their heels, not knowing what I was
speaking about. This is a requirement for everyone age 70 and over, and my
age was on the application, but there were two requirements which I met, age
being just one of them. I was not asked for a report of my blood test. They
acted like it wasn't important, and actually they acted like they'd never
heard of it before. Yes, I would've called my doctor's office to get a
faxed order to take the test, but I had recent blood test reports in the car
with me which they accepted but according to the rules on the form, they
weren't current enough -- I went with it because an MD there said, it's OK.
Actually just sick of this type of thing happening almost everytime I have
anything to do with the medical field. I'm so glad that I have my husband
as my advocate with me at all times.
Dee Dee