tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post1053286530208553984..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Father Knows BestDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-79415237436511291952008-10-23T10:12:00.000-05:002008-10-23T10:12:00.000-05:00Fabulous post. Given my field (skilled nursing), ...Fabulous post. Given my field (skilled nursing), CMS drives me absolutely batshit. There are over 500 Federal regulations that I have to meet in order not to get a citation. When will it END?? <BR/><BR/>www.skillednursingthing.blogspot.comLisa Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951250862147784757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-42923563508542032442008-10-21T19:15:00.000-05:002008-10-21T19:15:00.000-05:00This post is awesome.This post is awesome.Dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08032258710192225915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65789498943075731812008-10-14T19:22:00.000-05:002008-10-14T19:22:00.000-05:00Thank you for answering my question regarding pati...Thank you for answering my question regarding patient "noncompliance." Perhaps I am coming late to this party/realization, but not only do these "best practice" issues sound like a royal pain for the doctors, there can well be ramifications for patients in many ways. For instance, if I were my doctor, I wouldn't want to treat me! Regardless of concerns for my health and wellbeing, patients like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-92073166139043554672008-10-14T18:33:00.000-05:002008-10-14T18:33:00.000-05:00Dr. Fisher -Here's the link to the blog I told you...Dr. Fisher -<BR/><BR/>Here's the link to the blog I told you about: http://blogs.middlebury.edu/grilleghost/2008/10/01/401-keg-plans-prove-sound-investment-for-college-students/<BR/><BR/>Hillarious!<BR/>KahlaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968534668568385912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-86574106989271397662008-10-14T17:04:00.000-05:002008-10-14T17:04:00.000-05:00Anony 4:03 PM - Your doctor will not be "dinged" a...Anony 4:03 PM - <BR/><BR/>Your doctor will not be "dinged" as long as he has documented that he attempted to perform the measures mandated by the PQRI initiative. He's done his part. But there are measures of effectiveness of therapy upon which he or she is measured, so if you were to choose not to manage your blood pressure or diabetes (just as an example), you might contribute to your DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-12588884095211873612008-10-14T16:03:00.000-05:002008-10-14T16:03:00.000-05:00I ask this in all sincerity, from a patient's pers...I ask this in all sincerity, from a patient's perspective: what happens if the pt does not follow through on these things? I love my PCP more than words can say, and I don't want to get him in any trouble. That being said, for my own reasons, I will not submit to many of these tests/procedures. He knows this and, out of his concern for my wellbeing, is not happy about my "noncompliance" but he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13966026439867024202008-10-14T15:29:00.000-05:002008-10-14T15:29:00.000-05:00jim-Heh. Shows you what us cardiologists know, eh...jim-<BR/><BR/>Heh. Shows you what us cardiologists know, eh? Thanks for the pickup. Had a, er, brain fart I guess. Correction made.<BR/><BR/>Back's doing MUCH better. Thanks for askin'.DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-12522032283222402212008-10-14T15:15:00.000-05:002008-10-14T15:15:00.000-05:00Wes, I think you mean "colonoscopy" not "colostomy...Wes, I think you mean "colonoscopy" not "colostomy"<BR/><BR/>p.s. how's your back doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-62499599830890285532008-10-14T10:23:00.000-05:002008-10-14T10:23:00.000-05:00Wow, the practice requirements are a *lot* more st...Wow, the practice requirements are a *lot* more stringent that I would have thought from my post in the ER. I didn't know they were recommending routine prophylactic colostomies for everyone over 50.<BR/><BR/>I'm not looking forward to that.shadowfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648279307230813762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5063577281077823882008-10-14T08:43:00.000-05:002008-10-14T08:43:00.000-05:00Love this post!Love this post!rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.com