Re: Malpractice questionairre
From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Wed Jun 27 19:51:17 2007
The answer to the question from the carrier is no.
But, I would probably CALL someone important and ask them why they're
asking this questions--it has no right answer, perhaps.
Garry
At Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO wrote:
>
>So Garry and Dan,
>
>What would you tell the malpractice carrier? I do exactly the same as
>Garry. Floppy baby, bad strip, etc I will collect the cord for possible
>sample. If baby has looked great and comes out screaming, I don't.
>
>Like Dan said, this could come back to haunt me later, I suppose.
>
>Glen
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Garry
>E. Siegel, M.D.
>Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:17 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: Malpractice questionairre
>
>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
>
--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA
