Community Chat

[chrystaltree]

At least he didn't tell you that you had 6 months to live.

[RetRN]

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@PickyPicky3 wrote:

I just received the results of a medical test I had yesterday through the patient portal. I am described as a heavy smoking Native American. I am neither.

Good grief.

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Happens more frequently than you would believe. Sad but true.

[IMW]

@lgfan that means you look young! I'd take it as a compliment.

[Carmie]

Doctors and medical providers are in hurry.  They have you in and out in less than five minutes.

Last summer I was having a  problem with my wrist.  I was so painful I went to see my orthopedic doctor and he gave me a steroid injection.

 About two weeks later, my right knee was hurting, I called for an appointment, but had to see a different doctor.  This doctor whom I have never seen before without warning me, gave me an injection of  steroids in both knees and only one knee was causing me problems.

I was shocked.  On my way out be put his arms around my  shoulders and said "you're not diabetic, are you?"

I was livid.  I wish I would have told him I was. I am not.  I had three steroid injection within two weeks.   If I was a diabetic, he could have harmed me. I should have made him squirm.

I don't think half of the providers even read the charts.  They are just in a hurry.  I have also found errors on my patient portals.

Mostly info that the doctors said they went over with me and no mention was ever made to me.  They are trying to cover their butt.  

Unless I see something major in my portal, I just let it go. if it cause me health problems, I will get it corrected.

[AuntG]

You know I had some goofy information in my portal and found out no one will make an effort to change it. I think it was about being treated for kidney stones - must have been the patient before me!

[haddon9]

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@beckyb1012 wrote:

At least they did not tell you were expecting too.  

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Had to laugh at that!!

[Imaoldhippie]

Having worked in the medical field for over 20 years (before computers) there were a lot less mistakes.  Were there mistakes, yes but they were caught quickly and usually before the patient was contacted.

Health care workers are human and do make errors.  But with todays medical corporations relying on computers there are a lot more error's.  

You have to hyper vigilant and watch your records like a hawk.

[Puzzle Piece]

I'm too much of a klutz to multitask.  

[Icegoddess]

I wouldn't consider this a multi-tasking error unless I knew the person entering the information was multi-tasking at the time they were entering it.  

i don't multi-task well at all.  I'm easily distracted or I get laser focused.  I often have the TV on in the background when I'm working on the computer, but even if I planned to watch the program, I still end up missing a lot of it because I get focused on a problem I'm trying to solve. 

[Estellee]

Horrible nightmare stories. It seems like we really have to be our own advocates, can't trust the medical professionals it would seem.