After four decades working as a physician, I've witnessed far too many unnecessary tests, procedures, and advice promoted under the guise of promoting health and wellness.
Denis I first found about you from your Sensible Medicine post comment. Thanks for your reply there. I read your above post. And as expected my father recent hospitalization mirrored your mother's breach of "standard of care." In my Sensible Medicine post I did not mention other clear breaches in standard of care (SOC). But since I was there at my father's bedside I detected and alerted his nurse (who contacted attending physician), none of those breaches of SOC lead to injury.
Not much point reporting to state professional agency as nothing will change. It is one of largest health system in state. And it will be well connected. I discovered from others that nothing substantive will change as no harm came to patient. There is also remote but possible risk of defamation claims against me or my license.
As I stated in that other SensibleMedicine Substack post, non-medical people have "deck stacked against them." To this I will add the medical advocate ideally needs to be there in person especially if patient in higher acuity setting (e.g. Intensive Care Unit or ICU stepdown unit). In my father's case one missed medical issue (if not addressed within 10 minutes) would have potentially been fatal.
so true..patients don't get examined anymore . They just get tested . Every patient with knee pain over 60 has a torn meniscus on MRI. They then get scoped and then they have a really symptomatic arthritic knee
Excellent inaugural post. One could make a case that patients have become enablers of the bad medical practice we see today. Too many people want a pill for every little ailment and pay too much attention to television commercials where they are instructed to ask their doctor if (fillintheblank) is right for them.
Denis I first found about you from your Sensible Medicine post comment. Thanks for your reply there. I read your above post. And as expected my father recent hospitalization mirrored your mother's breach of "standard of care." In my Sensible Medicine post I did not mention other clear breaches in standard of care (SOC). But since I was there at my father's bedside I detected and alerted his nurse (who contacted attending physician), none of those breaches of SOC lead to injury.
Not much point reporting to state professional agency as nothing will change. It is one of largest health system in state. And it will be well connected. I discovered from others that nothing substantive will change as no harm came to patient. There is also remote but possible risk of defamation claims against me or my license.
As I stated in that other SensibleMedicine Substack post, non-medical people have "deck stacked against them." To this I will add the medical advocate ideally needs to be there in person especially if patient in higher acuity setting (e.g. Intensive Care Unit or ICU stepdown unit). In my father's case one missed medical issue (if not addressed within 10 minutes) would have potentially been fatal.
so true..patients don't get examined anymore . They just get tested . Every patient with knee pain over 60 has a torn meniscus on MRI. They then get scoped and then they have a really symptomatic arthritic knee
Excellent inaugural post. One could make a case that patients have become enablers of the bad medical practice we see today. Too many people want a pill for every little ailment and pay too much attention to television commercials where they are instructed to ask their doctor if (fillintheblank) is right for them.