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Re: Informed Consent for prenatal ultrasound From: Terry J. DuBose (tjdubose@juno.com) Sat May 15 11:39:47 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Kevin Victor Hawkins: "Apparent Failing Cerclage" Previous message: Roberta Speyer: "Laparoscopy/Hysteroscopy Special Section Update of OBGYN.net" Maybe in reply to: Joseph Allen Worrall Jr. MD RDMS: "Informed Consent for prenatal ultrasound" Next in thread: Peg Beutler, RDMS: "Re: Informed Consent for prenatal ultrasound" Congratulations on the high scores... Terry J. DuBose. On Fri, 14 May 1999 22:51:07 -0500 "Joseph A Worrall" <jworrall@alaska.net> writes: >Martin - everything you say is of course correct, but as I am sure you >know, >we have a system in this Country that involves people of ill will. >Certainly >the patient's attorney, if the patient chooses to sue for something, >is not >going to try to be fair or reasonable. And we do have predatory >patients. > >Probably the results of other lawsuits play a role in determining what >types >of situations we are advised to get a consent for. If an insurance >company >or the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations >(JCAHO) >has information about suits brought because of certain situations, >like >prenatal ultrasound, they are going to advise others to do things to >protect >themselves from similar situations. > >If you explain everything carefully to the patient, as has been >discussed in >this thread, but the patient decides to sue, the patient will not be >inclined to recall that conversation, and if she does, her attorney >will be >sure to tell her to forget it. If you have a piece of paper, it might >help. >Of course she can still say she did not understand, you did not let >her read >it, etc etc, but I think it would help. > >In any event, it is not a good idea to argue with the JCAHO surveyors. >They >said it looks like we passed with a score of 96 out of a possible 100, >but >our official announcement will come from them in about one month. We >are >pretty tickled! > >Allen Worrall > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Next message: Kevin Victor Hawkins: "Apparent Failing Cerclage" Previous message: Roberta Speyer: "Laparoscopy/Hysteroscopy Special Section Update of OBGYN.net" Maybe in reply to: Joseph Allen Worrall Jr. MD RDMS: "Informed Consent for prenatal ultrasound" Next in thread: Peg Beutler, RDMS: "Re: Informed Consent for prenatal ultrasound"

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