Friday, March 3, 2017

Seen in a chart




14 comments:

Steve Parker, M.D. said...

Gotta love those EMRs.

clairesmum said...

Well, that isn't very helpful, is it? The insurance folks may use it to deny eligibility for rehab care - the neurological exam is completely normal, so why would he need PT and OT and ST to try to regain some ability to function.
Since those reviews are done by not very skilled folks, the sentence saying 'completely normal' will jump right out as clear and understandable...the rest of that other stuff is just doctor gibberish, you know.

Tarquin "R.J." Toffeebridge V said...

"Some people see the patient as half-paralyzed. I prefer to see him as half-unparalyzed."

Packer said...

VOTE FOR BERNIE

a.generic doc said...

Both the patient's speech and the doctor's note are gibberish and incomprehensible.

Mage said...

lol

Crazy RxMan said...

Sounds like a description of your typical retail pharmacist.

A. Marie said...

I would be LOL at this if it wasn't likely to lead to a bad result coverage-wise for the patient, as previous commenters have noted.

Library-Gryffon said...

I would assume that a patient could indeed be alert and oriented although hemiplegic and unable to speak coherently. But yes, that could be worded much more effectively for the likely eejit at the insurance company who will be reading it and deciding on what to approve.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a left-side brain issue. Whose left side?

Anonymous said...

Always look on the right side of life.

tbunni said...

So I'm assuming it's the doc who has the left side hemiplegia and the patient is alert & oriented x 3. Right?

likebedsheetsRN said...

quick recovery.

Anonymous said...

Can the notes for two entirely different people ever end up on the same chart?

 
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