Re: Malpractice questionairre
From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Tue Jun 26 21:03:51 2007
I won't the next time.
Dan
On 6/26/07, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. <garrys@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Dan:
>
> Don't hold your thoughts back. . .
>
> Garry
>
> FWIW, if the apgars are good, I don't do them. If the apgars aren't, or
> the tracing was funny/meconium or maybe things don't seem right, then I
> do them--not very often, though.
>
> Garry
>
> At Tue, 26 Jun 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
> >
> >All cord gases do is cover the insurance comany's ass at the expense pf
> the
> >patient. They are of no value to the mother or the newborn and are a
> waste
> >of money.
> >I can say that since I am now retired and don't have to purchase
> Malpractice
> >insurance any longer.
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >On 6/26/07, Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO <
> >Darryl.elrod@lakenheath.af.mil> wrote:
> >>
> >> Joe,
> >>
> >> Yeah! I know. There are a bunch of questions all like that.
> >> Thankfully, most I 'do' the right thing and don't have to explain
> >> myself. It just got me questioning if on this one I SHOULD be
> >> collecting a sample of cord for gases on each and every delivery. Did
> I
> >> miss some new policy statement that makes it standard of care? Of
> >> course the malpractice carrier will be the first ones to pick up on
> this
> >> for sure.
> >>
> >> Glen
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Joe
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:34 AM
> >> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> >> Subject: Re: Malpractice questionairre
> >>
> >> Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO wrote:
> >> > I am filling out my first malpractice questionnaire. It read through
> >> a
> >> > list of questions and if you pick the 'wrong' answer (ie Do you apply
> >> > fundal pressure for relief of shoulder dystocia? If YES, then
> >> explain)
> >> > they make you explain the answers.
> >> >
> >> > One of the questions is 'Do you routinely collect cord blood at ALL
> >> > deliveries' If NO, then explain.
> >> >
> >> > Somehow, because I was trained that way, just doesn't seem salient.
> >> > What do you all do with regard to cord blood collection at delivery
> >> and why?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Glen
> >> >
> >> Is this for your own insurance carrier? From legal point of view
> >> whatever you put in print may come back to haunt you. Joe C
> >>
> >--
> >R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
> >Professor Emeritus
> >Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
> >Indiana U. School of Medicine
> >
> >R. Daniel Braun
> >
> > "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is
> BLIND"
> > Einstein 1941
> >
>
> --
> Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
> Private Practice
> Roswell, GA
>
--
R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana U. School of Medicine
R. Daniel Braun
"Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is BLIND"
Einstein 1941
