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[sophiamarie]

As soon as a patient walks into a hospital to be either "admitted" or scheduled for a "test", they are given a hospital ID number. The minute you write your name on that Form, the number is already there. So, all the OP has to do, is make sure that same number is on everything that pertains to her.

All correspondence, lab reports, etc., EVERYTHING --- has that number on it. In fact, the hospital ID bracelet, would also have that ID number on it. It has to match everything else with her name and DOB.

I am surprised that nobody mentioned this.

ETA - if the ID number on the Admitting Form matches everything else, then the problem is a clerical error, which should be corrected. The doctor's office should be informed and they should be able to get it straightened out.

[focksie]

Burnsite, I did mention in a post (not in my OP) that this was an ultrasound-guided thyroid nodules biopsy (four of them), so there was no radiation involved. However, this is not a test one wants to repeat if at all possible. It was extremely unpleasant and there were also unpleasant after-effects.

Sophiamarie, the test was done in a walk-in imaging center, not a hospital. It's possible they also use ID numbers. I don't know, but that's a very good question to ask. If they do, that would go a long way to reassuring me.

I left a message for the Operations Manager earlier today, but she never got back to me. I plan on telling her that I want the doctor to check the results and sign a statement verifying those results are mine.

ETA: And that I'd like to set up an appointment to see the doctor!

[maryebrown_1]

On 3/18/2014 sophiamarie said:

As soon as a patient walks into a hospital to be either "admitted" or scheduled for a "test", they are given a hospital ID number. The minute you write your name on that Form, the number is already there. So, all the OP has to do, is make sure that same number is on everything that pertains to her.

All correspondence, lab reports, etc., EVERYTHING --- has that number on it. In fact, the hospital ID bracelet, would also have that ID number on it. It has to match everything else with her name and DOB.

I am surprised that nobody mentioned this.

ETA - if the ID number on the Admitting Form matches everything else, then the problem is a clerical error, which should be corrected. The doctor's office should be informed and they should be able to get it straightened out.

It's a Medical Records Number...however, the Dr's used to pull up records by name and DOB on the PACS system. Everything doesn't always "match", especially if the TRANSCRIPTIONIST for a medical report typed the wrong DOB, or the scheduler at the facility entered a wrong DOB into the system when registering the pt. I've seen Op Reports my Dr. dictated, and there were several clerical errors on them, including DOB + MRN. It didn't make his surgical procedure/report any less credible, but the patient needs to get the errors corrected when they find them first, for their peace of mind, and second, because these records are all electronic now.

I am confident Focksie will get this sorted out in a timely fashion, since the insurance has already processed the claim.

[maryebrown_1]

On 3/18/2014 focksie said:

Burnsite, I did mention in a post (not in my OP) that this was an ultrasound-guided thyroid nodules biopsy (four of them), so there was no radiation involved. However, this is not a test one wants to repeat if at all possible. It was extremely unpleasant and there were also unpleasant after-effects.

Sophiamarie, the test was done in a walk-in imaging center, not a hospital. It's possible they also use ID numbers. I don't know, but that's a very good question to ask. If they do, that would go a long way to reassuring me.

I left a message for the Operations Manager earlier today, but she never got back to me. I plan on telling her that I want the doctor to check the results and sign a statement verifying those results are mine.

[focksie]

On 3/18/2014 maryebrown said:

On 3/18/2014 focksie said:

Burnsite, I did mention in a post (not in my OP) that this was an ultrasound-guided thyroid nodules biopsy (four of them), so there was no radiation involved. However, this is not a test one wants to repeat if at all possible. It was extremely unpleasant and there were also unpleasant after-effects.

Sophiamarie, the test was done in a walk-in imaging center, not a hospital. It's possible they also use ID numbers. I don't know, but that's a very good question to ask. If they do, that would go a long way to reassuring me.

I left a message for the Operations Manager earlier today, but she never got back to me. I plan on telling her that I want the doctor to check the results and sign a statement verifying those results are mine.

You guys are quick, lol. I ETA'd in my post #51 that I also want to see the doc in person to talk to him.

[maryebrown_1]

On 3/18/2014 focksie said:

On 3/18/2014 maryebrown said:

On 3/18/2014 focksie said:

Burnsite, I did mention in a post (not in my OP) that this was an ultrasound-guided thyroid nodules biopsy (four of them), so there was no radiation involved. However, this is not a test one wants to repeat if at all possible. It was extremely unpleasant and there were also unpleasant after-effects.

Sophiamarie, the test was done in a walk-in imaging center, not a hospital. It's possible they also use ID numbers. I don't know, but that's a very good question to ask. If they do, that would go a long way to reassuring me.

I left a message for the Operations Manager earlier today, but she never got back to me. I plan on telling her that I want the doctor to check the results and sign a statement verifying those results are mine.

You guys are quick, lol. I ETA'd in my post #51 that I also want to see the doc in person to talk to him.

Definitely! It's good to be pro-active, and set "the record" straight!

[pepes mom]

On 3/18/2014 focksie said:

On 3/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 3/18/2014 adelle38 said:

On 3/18/2014 Ford1224 said:

I also have sympathy for the other woman who may have cancer and think she doesn't. I hope they notify her that she has to be retested as well.

What makes you think there is another woman? It could be a typo in the OP's birth date.

Because the report discusses a 55-year-old woman, and the OP is not 55. It's obviously someone else's test results and not just a typo.

Ford, that doesn't mean it's someone else's test results. The report states a 55 year old woman because that's how old the woman is with the incorrect DOB. When the DOB was finally corrected, the text that stated "55 year old woman" was not. It was left as is according to the incorrect DOB.

In my experience, the only way for the text portion to be updated/corrected is for the doctor to do an addendum. It will not change the original text portion of the report.

That report was generated with the incorrect DOB, and the age identified on the report is based on that. Whatever administrator you spoke to should have informed you of that.

If it were me, I would personally visit the physician who ordered the test and get him or her involved. I would also ask for the test to be repeated, at no charge to you, just for peace of mind.

I can share 2 instances of my own medical records being incorrect. The first was from a trip to the ER in which the doctor who dictated the report made 26 errors in it. When I brought it to the attention of the ER, I was told I was over-reacting and that these were simple "miscommunications". All 26 of them. They refused to change anything in the report.

A second instance was in the reading of a CT scan. I was having abdominal pain, had the CT scan done, and the radiologist called me at home to inform me that I had inflammatory bowel disease and needed to be seen by a specialist, pronto. I was seen by a specialist, who showed me my CT. Neither he nor I noted any inflammation. I asked him what I should do. He said nothing, because the same report would remain on my history and if anything was corrected via adding the addendum, most doctors wouldn't pay attention to it, as they would go based on original report. He told me to just verbally remind all docs that I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, not Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

I certainly hope things get resolved to your satisfaction. I also wish you good health.

[sophiamarie]

The Medical Record is not typed in. It's already printed on the form - so, hopefully, the OP will be able to get something confirmed one way or the other.

Even though the procedure/test was not done in a hospital per se, I would think all medical facilities use the same procedures, ie: Admitting Forms with the Medical Record already printed on them.

I am on the side of "clerical error" - and the doctor needs to take the helm.....

[hckynut]

I would insist that another test be done and with the correct information on it.