I AM confident in what I do. It’s the patients that I, unfortunately, may not be able to trust, despite the fact that we may have what appears to be a good relationship. Maybe you wouldn’t sue, but how do I know my great patient may not turn around and do so because I may have missed a one in a million diagnosis? If I could practice medicine rationally and as you’d like me to, without fear of legal ramifications for a missed diagnosis of a rare disease, I would do so in a heartbeat, and save us all alot of money, time and hassles. But I can’t because I could be the next victim of the local sodomites. So while I trust my knowledge and experience, I can’t trust the trial lawyers, and, to some extent, the patient.

“In Internet terminology, a troll is a person who enters an established community such as an online discussion forum and intentionally tries to cause disruption, most often in the form of posting inflammatory, off-topic, insulting, or otherwise inappropriate messages.”

Even if he is a doctor, he might just be trying to get a response from you.

Nor have I read anything quite as extreme as that. However, it is not uncommon for someone to describe a situation or encounter on this site and hear in response nothing more intelligent than, “You’re lying.” Also, there is at least one person who frequently refers to patients as “sodomites”. This individual indicates that he/she is a physician, and certainly supports the essence of the claims made by the poster you are answering.

“it is not doctors who made this decision. This was decided by the juries who told doctors they were at fault for not doing enough tests.”

I disagree. The policies and practices of hospitals and clinics are being directed by their insurers and risk management JDs, and the administrations who’ve made themselves puppets of their legal counselors — whose careers depend on keeping physicians in a constant state of exaggerated malpractice fear.

And, since it is the doctors who employ them, the doctors are responsible for the actions that follow.

Allowing? And how can we fight back, pray tell? I guess you’re not advocating the Shakespearean solution, are you?

I will find some for you tomorrow and post them when Im not half asleep. Although anyone who has read here for any time at all has also heard these remarks. For someone to claim they haven’t is almost laughable. You have never heard of the Doc that is referred to as “Crazy Doc” on this blog? You must be new! He once stated right here on this blog that he is happy when he can tell a patient they are dying of leukemia! He also calls patients all sorts of names..

As for your other comments, what I said still stands..lol..All you did was just verify it! You just admitted you order unnecessary tests and procedures not for your patients own good, but for your own good.

When I go to a Doctor, I am not there for legal care. I am there to receive medical care based on his 12 years of education and additional years of experience.

If you have not learned to be confident enough in yourself, and have trust in your education then why would I come to you for medical advise? Maybe we should just all call the Lawyers now and give them our symptoms and they can order all our testings?

You seem to be allowing the legal profession to dictate to you how to run your medical office. They must be thrilled that instead of fighting back, you all buckle to them and allow them to run over you.

If medical advise can be found in a law book then what in the world do we need with doctors?

Ordering unnecessary tests and procedure is harmful to your patients and is breaking the health care system.

I read this blog frequently and I have never heard this sentiment in any part of this site. I have also never heard of any doctor in any hospital where I have worked express such an emotion. Please provide some proof if you don’t mind.

How they abuse the health system and ins companies, by ordering all these unnecessary tests and procedures.

You are confused. Doctors may order tests that are, in their opinion, medically unnecessary; however, they are in most cases legally necessary. Health care in the US must meet both medical AND legal guidelines. If you think these two are the same then you are kidding yourself. Legal precedent has set forth standards of care that in some cases might call for more tests than necessary, but it is not doctors who made this decision. This was decided by the juries who told doctors they were at fault for not doing enough tests.

As a patient, I’ve been the victim of malpractice TWICE at this hospital (once as a child, once as an adult/employee). I DID NOT SUE.

In spite of my bad experience as a child, I came home to try and make things better. But I was professionally butchered . . . by liars and cheats in suits with no concept of medical ethics or the cannons of the Oath. My practice was destroyed (because my continued presence in the community as an independent was an economic threat to the hospital). When I dared to fight back, my reputation was viciously attacked (by a despicable/unsuccessful SLAPP suit).

The government I served faithfully and well did next to NOTHING to help me. Neither did/have our so-called medical “advocacy” organizations.

The local press has ignored the case I’m pleading now (perjury/contempt and fraud charges against the hosptial CEO and his VP).

Oversight of “non-profits” in North Carolina is a joke. Local and state law enforcment have buried/ignored the case. It’s all about how much money you have and who you know. Right and wrong have nothing to do with it.

People like me are here because WE’RE FURIOUS and we’re not going to take it anymore!

I’d LOVE for my situation to be “AMPLIFIED”, because now I want heads on platters. Playing by the rules did not work.