--
Richard Chudacoff, MD
Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an
entrance.
[Prayer To A Pregnant Woman]
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Desiderius Erasmus
"Back in 2000 a Republican friend warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and
he won,
the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military
would be totally overstretched.
You know what? I did vote for Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all
those things didn't come true!"
-James Carville
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From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Gerald P.
Rodríguez
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:22 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: cost of "no shows"
Richard,
You are much better off to have this patient hit the road.
Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
Santa Fe
>----- Original Message -----
From: Richard <mailto:rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com> Chudacoff, MD
To: Multiple <mailto:ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: cost of "no shows"
Tell me about it. I had a patient try a Nuvaring. Unfortunately it fell out.
Patient is a lawyer. Patient was counseled, and left with a one easy FAQ
sheet, the patient information sheet, the physician’s information sheet, a
CD and the web site. She then quit me because the Nuvaring fell out and I
did not inform her of this possibility…strongly enough.
I said good-bye, and realized that if attorneys refused to read basic and
detailed instructions and directives, then the practice of medicine is in a
world of irreparable hurt.
--
Richard Chudacoff, MD
Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an
entrance.
[Prayer To A Pregnant Woman]
- <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/d/desiderius148996.html>
Desiderius Erasmus
"Back in 2000 a Republican friend warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and
he won,
the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military
would be totally overstretched.
You know what? I did vote for Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all
those things didn't come true!"
-James Carville
_____
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Zachariah
Newton
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:16 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: cost of "no shows"
The issue of the culpability of the medical practice that fails to trace and
reinforce the indication for coming in after a missed appointment is, at
face, a gross shifting of responsibility away from the patient.
Essentially, the consequences of failure to respond to recommendation
belongs squarely on the shoulders of the patient who choses to not accept
the recommendation.
Enter, lawyers. The patient did not understand from communication received
the level of importance of accepting the recommendation. The failure to
alert the patient of the level of importance in responding represents a
deviation from standard of care.
"You did not scare me." My suffering is your fault.
In a jury of peers, that makes good sense.
IMV, a professional relationship is ultimately based on the trust of the
patient. If trust exists, the patient will show up. If trust does not exist,
the partient does not show up. You pays your money and you makes your
choice.
No show consequences are in the court of the no show responder.
Zach Newton
Z. B. Newton, III, M.D.
Atlanta/Gyn
