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"Dee Randall" > wrote: > "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 > > > That's the problem with some big facilities. :-( It's almost like you are nothing but a number on an assembly line.... I'm glad the place I work at is still small enough to treat our customers like individual humans! Our CT/Radiology people call the lab themselves to ask for and wait for the renal function testing prior to starting the procedure! I get those calls all the time when I'm working Chemistry. -- Peace, Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson |
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