Doctor says I've beaten the record
marie26
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Doctors & pharmaceutical companies
Comments (71)Here's the definition of kickback: a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical. In other words, if a doctor managed to prescribe a drug enough so that a pharmaceutical company made $100,000 profit, the company would then give the doctor some of the $100,000 as a "reward" for making them so much money. Trust me, there really isn't a way for pharma companies to track that information. I think what people here are referring to is pharma companies *bribing* doctors to prescribe drugs. The definition of a bribe: money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust. Those pens and pads of paper and the odd lunch aren't bribes--it just isn't worth that much. Those pens and pads of paper are promotional materials--my bank hands out pens, my hair salon hands out pens. Are you taking a bribe when you receive or use a pen with your bank's name stamped on it? My sister-in-law is a doctor. She's in family practice. She spends at least one week every year taking continuing education courses in order to stay current in her field. She spends more time at home, reading medical journals and doing other research to help her patients. Her first child was born with multiple birth defects--dislocated joints, really messed up vertebra that caused a spinal cord injury which resulted in quadriplegia, floppy trachea requiring a trach and a ventilator. At birth, they gave him less than 24 hours to live, based on everything that was wrong. My nephew spent his first six months in NICU at the area's best hospital. His doctors, and my SIL knew who the best doctors were, could not figure out what the problem was. They treated the symptoms because that was all they could do. They were calling colleagues all over the country, trying to figure out what was wrong. A new doctor was recommended to them. When he saw the MRIs and CT scans and X-rays, he had the courage to tell them he couldn't help my nephew. But he referred them to yet another doctor, 500 miles away, at a major Children's Hospital in another state. Just before his second birthday, they got a diagnosis of the syndrome that Nephew was, and a plan of attack on how to treat the 13 different birth defects that he was born with. It's a rare disorder. And Nephew has some of the more rare symptoms and is missing one of the most common. There are many, many rare disorders and it is not possible for doctors to know them all. But it is possible for them to seek out help in finding out what a patient has. It can take a long time, though, until you find a doctor who can lead you to another doctor who has the knowledge you are seeking....See More(I've been on vacation) What was your best Christmas gift?
Comments (9)Congrats! We have a new one baby coming in 2010 also! It is still very early for our DD...but they couldn't keep it a secret! LOL We are Nana & Papa! When the girls got bunnies years ago, they said we were grandpa and grandma....nope, don't like that so we went with Nana & Papa! Only prob, the other grandmother is called Nana also...and long before the kids met. :/ Oh well, they will figure it out quick! DH has a VHS to DVD gadget that he bought last winter. He has all of our old tapes now on DVD and we sent many to the neighborhood kids...that now have their own kids...from years ago when there were 15 kids in our neighborhood! Great fun, then and now! We haven't had our family Christmas yet, until the 9th then we will have all the kids together....to me, that is the best gift of all!!...See MoreHow loyal are you to your doctor?
Comments (17)There are two kinds of people I hate to switch - doctors & hair stylists! LOL the latter because I hate to describe to a stranger how I want my hair cut, even though I'm not that fussy. I like to say 'same as always'. For doctors I think the continuity is important and that's why I have had the same guy for over 15 years. When I was a toddler I climbed up and fell out of a crib. My parents who had moved here to the USA from Ireland shortly before I was born didn't really have a family doctor at the time. They got the name of a Dr. Shore out of the phone book because his office was only a short distance away and Dad didn't drive at the time. They called the doctor and he made a house call (early '50s as you might guess) to people he never even met. Mom & Dad were so impressed our whole family went to him & his wife - also an MD - until they retired over 30 years later. Now THAT'S loyalty!...See MoreKeeping Track of Medical Records
Comments (7)I always ask for any test results to be printed and handed to me before I leave an appointment. I also have started asking for results to be emailed to me. This is working out well. I can save test results documents in a folder on my computer. I also started tracking blood test results on a spreadsheet. I find it so much easier to see how things are changing from one year to the next, when I can see them side by side in one document rather than sifting through many documents. I do have a lot of old records stuck in an old briefcase somewhere and I need to go through those and weed through them. I would never in a million years, store any of my personal information or documents on an online site, like 'Cloud', and especially medical records. I cannot understand how people cannot anticipate the problems that could arise from doing things that way. I would not shred any medical document no matter how old. Once they are gone, they are gone. Try getting a copy from the medical records department for old medical procedures or tests and find out they can't find them and you will never shred another medical document....See Moremarie26
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