Comments on: Beware the undercover patient http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/beware-undercover-patient.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/beware-undercover-patient.html#comment-86346 Anonymous Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/beware-the-undercover-patient.html#comment-86346 I heard this quote at an ACP conference (I think it was from Faith Fitzgerald from the University of California):<br/><br/>These actors teach us that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck it's actually a parrot. Pretty soon no one will know how to diagnose a real patient. I heard this quote at an ACP conference (I think it was from Faith Fitzgerald from the University of California):

These actors teach us that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck it’s actually a parrot. Pretty soon no one will know how to diagnose a real patient.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/beware-undercover-patient.html#comment-86344 Anonymous Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/beware-the-undercover-patient.html#comment-86344 I think I saw about 10 of these fake patients on my ER shift today. I think I saw about 10 of these fake patients on my ER shift today.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/beware-undercover-patient.html#comment-86322 Anonymous Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:04:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/beware-the-undercover-patient.html#comment-86322 When I was working as a consultant to the Medical Board of California, they frequently used "fake" patients (who were usually clinicians or investigators) to check out standard of care issues, prescribing issues, and fraud issues. When I was working as a consultant to the Medical Board of California, they frequently used “fake” patients (who were usually clinicians or investigators) to check out standard of care issues, prescribing issues, and fraud issues.

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