Fellow swede here. Get Well's Running email for practical tips, expert advice, exclusive content and a bit of motivation delivered to your inbox every week to help you on your running journey. CMAJ News publishes original medical journalism for and about Canadian health professionals and patients, edited by journalists and clinicians. The point of the story is that access to medical records has benefits and challenges. There are pros and cons to patients getting access to ones own medical records. Would you continue to be so indignant? Not listed among the official codes is the Slow Code, meaning the patient is dying, and not to worry too much about it. If a patient comes in complaining of a painful toe but the physical exam didnt find a cause, write just that -- no extraneous comments that might be seen as judgmental. Emotionally, to me though, it made a world of difference. Little Cletus will make it no matter what those mean old overpaid white coats tell Mommy and Daddy. I am the body in question and have a good look, doc. A study found that less than 5% of patients with access to medical records bothered to look at them. let the patient know what they REALLY thought or use a common euphemism like Gomer commonly used in wings with lots of old people. As Boys Get Fatter, Parents Worry One Body Part Is Too Small. Chelsea Handler got a nun high, because duh. Alexandra Holtom of the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs would like to see more people from stigmatized groups involved in the development and delivery of medical education so that their preferred language can be built into physicians training. 'I call it out because it gets at the rampant cynicism to the job.'. We're thinking it's doctors. When better adherence to treatment is combined with patient satisfaction with care, improved health and better quality of life are the expected results. WOW, all these years and even NOW doctors have been under siege and felt they needed protecting from their patients. 4 Instead of truly feeling superior, he instead, truly feels inferior. The acronym for 'wealthy white woman syndrom ' is 'actually bad because it's a term that is used when you're frustrated at specific patients and dismissing their symptoms,' says Dr Lisa Wang, a psychiatry resident in New York. Respect is an essential component of a high-performance organization. Generally, this is encoded as "C&P," "CNP" or something similar, so that the head of the department knows what happened but the to-be-aggrieved family doesn't. A two-page review of systems is filled Susan Dorr Goold, MD, professor, University of Michigan Medical School, School of Public Health. I would never write that in a chart. Note that I also have on occasion used other evaluations of general humanness, such as: disheveled and hostile, malodorous, weeping profusely, and silently scratching. All germane, if you ask me. Why this physician chose to specialize in infectious disease, Digital advances in the medical aid in dying movement, As a medical student, you find potential patients everywhere, Patients are an integral part of medical student education, The medical profession must address the injustices Black patients suffer, When medical training stresses you: Write it out. Among others, theres NERD for no evidence of recurrent disease, and Shotty, Morbidly obese. I want to know if there is a misunderstanding or if the physician misinterpreted something I said. What It Means: Patient Reassured And Told to Fuck Off. Savitri Fedson, MD, of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, says she avoids making notes if the patient has made an offensive comment to her. In a 2021 statement on Indigenous-specific racism, the organization committed to recognizing all forms of racism as professional misconduct. person who made the beached whale comment. Secrecy is another thing they do not deserve. Weve all seen our doctors scribbling in our charts after the exam. file (and perhaps vice versa, I dont remember). Note that I have also on occasion used other evaluations of general humanness, such as: disheveled and hostile, malodorous, weeping profusely, and silently scratching. All germane, if you ask me. 'When you have patients showing up drunk every single night, always overdosing, not taking their blood pressure medications and coming in because of it, it becomes easy to blame patients, though I don't think you should,' says one New York doctor. 'There's an attitude of "oh, another patient that doesn't speak English, why don't they learn, it makes our lives so difficult,' says Dr Green, who has worked on initiatives to educate hospitals on language barriers and introduce interpreters. Physicians have also tended to resist efforts to give patients unrestricted access to their records. Really.). Less As an aside, I've heard that doctors in Oz will end death notes with some sort of touching statement such as "May God rest his soul" or "her valiant struggle is at an end." thrilling is to see your long-time Primary Care Physician looking as frazzled as Dr. Irwin Corey and insing on hovering over his laptop as he updates your examination record. When It's Used: study of the medical records of 18,459 Americans, shift in terminology and awareness of weight bias, 2021 statement on Indigenous-specific racism, XE, XD & XF: What to know about the Omicron hybrid variants. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. oculus dexter, or right eye, not for overdose. Chronically ill patients with conditions like diabetes must make regular appointments for dialysis. but this was his way of covering his backside without subjecting me to unnecessary tests. Because when a normally pleasant person isn't, I suspect that there is a degree of medical reasons (such a delirium) in. 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But it was hard to keep first-rate staff all the way down to the lowest levels, as our Dr told me in a very matter of I am sure clear communication on a medical staff through written records is vital to competent care in a hospital where multiple units may be involved in treatments. As for being labelled obese. But researchers also point to possible downsides: Patients may panic if their doctor speculates in writing about cancer or heart disease, leading to a flood of follow-up calls and e-mails. Seriously, do the comments on every medical story have to deteriorate to doctor bashing? I realized Medical jargon is pretty impossible for most patients to follow, but some of the terms you hear your doctor use may just be insulting industry jargon. The phrase is synonymous to 'circling the drain.' Used to describe infants born at 23 weeks or earlier, where their survival rate is less than 1%. eat for six monthsreal insightful and helpful, no? Not only that, age discrimination here works in the opposite direction older isbetter. And OD is short for oculus dexter, or right eye, not for overdose. I maintain that Pleasant is a legitimate part of the objective evaluation: it means someone is actually able to relate politely to a stranger without getting all tangled up in whatever their stuff is. Could a flu shot push help curb pediatric hospitalizations? The language and labels that some physicians use to describe patients in medical records often fly under the radar, but they can provide a window into hidden bias in health care. The article also includes a fun glossary of common terms doctors might scribble in notes. He would then give me a the lack of caring is the biggest thing i have personally been witness to. Imagine if I were obese and read that. Somewhat sad that a majority of the comments thus far are about superficial matters. Because life works like Lifetime home movies. Patient is really fat. As someone who really wanted to deliver naturally (and hard-headed enough to keep at it for many hours) it made all the difference in the world to know that FDA-approved use. Leon McDougle, MD, also said he would not post offensive comments on a patients chart. Examining why we are writing or using the terms that we do that makes physicians feel uncomfortable, says McKinney, who has Cree and Mtis ancestry. Noncompliant. Nobody talks about the written communication that goes on in the health system, says Dr. Veronica McKinney, director of Northern Medical Services, which provides care in northern Saskatchewan where more than 85% of the population is Indigenous. Using a sophisticated multivariable analysis controlling for amiability and sex, my crack research team found a highly significant (p<0.001) independent association between advancing age and receiving praise for yourpersonality. Heres a newsflash: If youre concerned that a patient might find your notes derogatory or offensive, then either find a more civilized way to say it or dont write it down at all. Variations include Cranio-Rectal Syndrome and Cranial Rectosis, presumably for when the patient doesn't have shit for brains but merely has his head up his ass. In the mean I would dearly love to see my entire medical record. to be sure everything is okay. I once read a psychiatric report that said I was abrupt, clean, well-dressed and well-nourished. I am also of normal weight. me and my post-birth frustration nil. I cant believe there are more than a handful of MDs out there who are that dumb. attitude. There will be different wording to let people know their weight or the way they eat or a lack of exercise are directly affecting their health, says Erne-Bowe. And. Medical laws and practices are and should be designed primarily to protect peoples health, followed by their privacy. What's really interesting to me are the adjective that physicians use to describe patients. I dont deny that there are rude or even downright abusive doctors out there, and we all agree that, well, people And Medicaid does pay less than the other major insurers: Based on its own data, the average initial claim filed is $98 for Medicaid patients, whereas Medicare averages $137 and private insurers . One study found that patients who read their records took their medicines and followed healthy behaviors better. Whenever I meet a new patient and like them, I reliably call them pleasant in the physical exam. beat As a medical student, I was always taught to never put anything in a note that I wouldnt say in front of the The concept that parts of the medical record need to be withheld from patients is a load of bunk. Words reflect and shape our thinking, as well as the narratives that people take for granted about race, power, health, and medicine, the authors explain. 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I want to read the notes. Efforts to use more sensitive language in encounters with patients rarely address medical records. Another similar thing that always struck me as odd was when someone is introduced as "a very unfortunate" patient. "I don't think the medical record is the best place to sort out discord between a patient and a provider.". Doctors also use the FLK to describe babies that don't have a clear diagnosis, but whose 'abnormal' appearance suggests that there may be something wrong with them. I was surprised that people are put-off by well-nourished.. Prescribing medications. I suspect doctor;s notations could be life saving. British Columbia trials drug decriminalization. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. And the vital information is in the billing which may hold some real surprises. Or maybe prostitutes? Examining patients. By the latter part of the century, however, patients with comorbid seizure disorders had noticed that their TN pains were alleviated by antiseizure medications, and neurologists capitaliz Continue Reading 1.2K 22 159 Some clinicians are jerks, like the Indeed, the application of scientific knowledge to human health is a crucial aspect of clinical practice. Shouldnt the focus be on the actual Another study published in JAMA Network Open last year identified common ways that doctors express negative feelings about patients in their notes, including questioning a patient's credibility, disapproving of their reasoning, or portraying them as difficult. Same here, if I'm documenting mental status or a psych exam then it indicates that the patient is exhibiting appropriate prosocial behavior. If I want to say fat I dictate over weight, obese, or morbidly obese. When writing medical notes, some clinicians include an appreciation of their patients personality and disposition in their opening line (the Chief Complaint), or when theyre wrapping up (in the Assessment and Plan), or in bothlocations. looks like a beached whale. Seriously. I believe that a doctors notes about me are his or her own intellectual property, with the caveat that they can be requested either by a peer review board or the legal system. Now new research is exploring whether its a good idea to let a patient read the doctors notes, reports the Informed Patient er, except for this. Everything hurts and they make sure you know about it,' he says. Records for patients receiving social assistance, those who were unmarried, and those who ranked higher on a comorbidity index were also more likely to contain negative descriptors. treating certain causes of infertility in females. Generally I agree with you. Renfield gave Cage a taste for blood that hasn't been satisfied in one feeding. If a person is really so pleasant or delightful or lovely that their doctor wants to praise them in the medical record, who am I to deny them this generosity? If you get labeled as difficult or noncompliant -- you didnt follow the doctors orders -- you may want to talk it over with your doctor, Fedson says. Everyone gets the "pleasant" adjective unless he/she is particularly unpleasant. This is my preferred approach, although I typically keep these observations in the physical exam portion of my note (call me a purist, but I did an intern year of psych before EM and therefore skew a little academic). We have the same name (Jr and III.) Ideally, the doctor would add something to that effect. But medicine is more than the sum of our knowledge Furthermore, Ive observed certain patterns proving were not all equally eligible to make the grade. And in an era where increasingly patients have access to their medical notes a move I strongly support, by the way how do they feel if in some notes theyre described as delightful, and others they are not? What It Means: Chronic Biscuit Toxicity. column in todays Wall Street Journal. When the medical staff encounters a strange complaint that doesn't meet any known diagnostic criteria. up took weeks. They are designed to find out about your previous experiences dealing with a specific situation. Really.). also give me a clue into the doctors attitude. to read. And I only use negative adjectives if it's really relevant and can be backed up with a factual description - eg swearing, threatening, expectorating, testiculating, that sort of thing. 'Dolores' translates to pain so this 'literally means total body pain,' the doctor says. doctors are little more than glorified pill pushers who cant relate or much less acknowledge most of their patients as unique human individuals; most generally go by Off-label use. Phys Ed: Do Certain Types of Sneakers Prevent Injuries? Completed and signed death certificate. First,women earn way more praise (ahem) thanmen: (Data from a highly scientific review of several thousand medical charts. Over decades, doctors have ad-libbed a whole vocabulary to encode their frustrations with problem patients, communicate grim status updates, or even gossip about children. To do so, four legal elements must be proven: (1) a professional duty owed to the patient; (2) breach of such duty; (3) injury caused by the breach; and (4) resulting damages. Are patients using social media to attack physicians? Well, television is not to be believed. lab test slip and tell me to wait 2 weeks and get the test if I didnt feel better by then. have the freedom to jot down anything that crosses his or her mind regarding my condition. Using a sophisticated multivariable analysis controlling for amiability and sex, my crack research team found a highly significant (p<0.001) independent association between advancing age and receiving praise for yourpersonality. I do use this one, but only if the person is truly unfortunate (like, on top of their medical problem, they also got stevens-johnson from the treatment or whatever). If patients dont know the meaning of a medical term, they can look it up. As a veterinarian, my patient notes may include abbreviations not understood by my clients, but non-professional comments about beached whales do not belong in the medical record of any creature to find out whether theyre accurate or whether theres more to the story. treating breast cancer. wasnt feeling any anxiety (beyond the normal slight worry that anyone feels when they go to the doctor with a medical problem). Patient . Who do you think are the most cynical people in the world? The chief problem with obsessing over electronic records, billing procedures and medical For more Canadian health research, analysis, commentaries, and blogs visit CMAJ.ca. As others have noted, it means you are healthy looking and not sickly or cachectic. I suppose that she might have mellowed out once she was transferred to the floor, but from reading the RN notes documenting her refusal of certain measures of care and her frequent outbursts, I knew that wasn't the case. No code, this stuff has to be read- and understandable. According to the guide, One way to make dominant narratives visible is to develop a capacity to critically examine the language we use in our communication.. But she says in her experience, most patients dont care that much about whats on their chart. quacks who have been treating them. office efficiency is that it still skirts the issue that Americas doctors are not really doing a very good job keeping the population healthy. DMII, HTN, HLD, CHF (EF 30-35%), CAD (3V), MR, MI, CABG x4, CVA, OSA, CEA, COPD, CKD, ESRD on HD (MWF, L AVF, anuric), MDM, GAD, etc. These are medical-legal documents used for tracking healthcare and for billing. I usually use pleasant to say two things: (a) they are nice and (b) their neurologic status is good enough to demonstrate personality traits. 28/01/2019 19:54. 18. Which Type of Exercise Is Best for the Brain? When It's Used: But if you think about it for a moment, doesnt this lovely imply something demeaning and patronizing about the label? 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So, that's where I put it, in the physical exam, right there along with the vitals. The acronym is a sort of catch-all term for any of the kinds of patients doctors don't want to deal with. comments about their patients in a medical record. many hours and eventually he was born via C-section. Why, when a specialist is reporting back to a GP, do they often use a phrase like this very pleasant lady/gentleman? Patients should speak up pertinent and important medical information, such as the diagnosis or the physicians concern? about malpractice and giving patients ready access to written records may forestall some misunderstandings, but its also a paper trail for a lawyer. This blog post says to click on the link if you want to read the full story. There is much about the practice of medicine that ranges from educated guesses to our guess work -For example, I was brought in unconscious from a heart attack and thus in no position to tell anyone if I was allergic I find it hard to believe that people dont know that well nourished just means that youre at a healthy weight not over-nourished and not under-nourished. However, I recently had a very loud, demanding, and confrontational patient in the ED who I ended up admitting for a pretty serious condition (trying to keep things vague). Circling The Drain. Your health questions answered by Times journalists andexperts. My belief structure surrounds things happening for a reason, and in this case, it made the experience make sense to "One, it doesnt have anything to do with the treatment plan; two, patients have the right to review their record, so putting something that may not be relationship-building would lead to further distancing of that patient and provider," says McDougle, a professor of family medicine at Ohio State University and chief diversity officer at OSU's Wexner Medical Center. had that happened, there may have been significant ramifications to my sons health. I was just wondering if you had any experience with patients commenting on the contents of their journals, that's all. Isnt she lovely? Receive small business resources and advice about entrepreneurial info, home based business, business franchises and startup opportunities for entrepreneurs. Theres an App for That. Sometimes, a very ill, very elderly, or very hopeless patient wants the doctors to do everything they can to keep them alive. And some doctors will note those comments. Add message. But this shoot-the-messenger mentality absolutely needs to stop. This 'classic' termstands for 'get [them] out of my emergency room.' Mickie Erne-Bowe of Hillsboro, OR, is a patient who speaks on behalf of OpenNotes. Doctors notes can reveal and perpetuate bias but can they be harnessed for change? tamoxifen. We view OpenNotes as a new medicine, says Delbanco. Regarding the blog topic, I think everybody should have access to their medical records. FYI GOMER comes from the book, House of God, it stands for Get Out of My ER. To be effective, doctors need to be free to guess and to work their way through the uncertainties and the risk management. There is no use for it, no justification for it, and it is downright dangerous and destructive on many levels (lawsuits driving insurance premiums To #8: Yes, there may be occasional bad apples, and occasionally a caregiver may be under severe personal stress and not functioning up to par, but still, only a saint can avoid reacting to another persons I now only say pleasant if I really mean it, like if the patient is unusually lovely. Hospitals use a series of emergency codes (Code Blue, for instance, means the patient is dying and needs immediate resuscitation). Biologics for Asthma: Who Gets Them and Who Uses Them? Medications used to sedate people or relieve pain (both common in Covid-19 treatment) are part of the reason for this risk, as are the constant monitoring and physical disturbances and subsequent. The move toward open notes is one reason several doctors said they would be reluctant to document an offensive comment on a patients record. Of course many doctors are already paranoid Maybe they could develop software that auto-completes or auto-types the full phrase for them? Typically this includes a salvo of past medical history elements (i.e. when i asked my last doctor (note the EX connotation there) how i could work on lowering my triglycerides naturally his reply was: dont Not their feelings. For the vast majority of patients, it is very healthy medicine; it helps you feel more in control, it helps you take your medicines better, it helps you become better educated about your health, and it helps you be better prepared for the next visit. If you want proof, check out some of the horrifying-yet-hilarious slang they use around the office. Let the record show that certain clinicians of every level of experience do this. The medical mafia succeeds in gatekeeping medicines and overcharging for the visit to renew a $4 prescription. Doctors use the term 'wealthy white woman syndrome,' jokingly, but women's pain is often dismissed by doctors and studies have shown they may wait up to 16 minutes longer to be seen in a hospital emergency room. courtesy or competence. The best outpatient letter I have ever read said something along the lines of "Dear Dr Bla Thank you for inflicting the misfortune of seeing this immensely unpleasant woman upon me. Im glad It may help you to confide in someone. Obesity Canada, which coauthored the guidelines, has seen a shift in terminology and awareness of weight bias in obesity research presented at conferences since the organization started requiring authors to use person-first language in abstract submissions in 2017. One Melbourne hospital, recognising that many of the concerns expressed by junior doctors relate to the deaths of patients, has appointed a palliative care specialist part time in this role. See for yourself by trying this new quiz devised by cardiologists 'Digital antidepressants' to be rolled out on the NHS as health bosses give eight apps and web-based therapy Time to veto keto? You may also hear Polydipose Dysfunction, BW (beached whale) and others, all of which are sure to see plenty of usage until some enlightened future when a doctor can just say the phrase "lard ass" to a patient's face. My conclusion is that the word "pleasant" was used by these consult services to denote which of their patients are "trouble." Please include name, address and phone number, Readers answer other readers questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, What's that all about? In one Harvard study, 20 percent of a group of 8,000 Latino people reported experiencing discrimination at a health care facility or clinic. Routinely, these writers witness physicians joking that Latina/Latino patients suffer from "Hispanic Hysterical Syndrome" or . Adults in B.C. Arent you a nurse? Last fall, the American Medical Association released a guide on equity-focused language as a starting point for reflection. The guide lists terms to use and avoid and unpacks why language matters in medicine. up, people ignoring the doctors recommendations because they felt offended, etc.). To a GP, do they often use a phrase like this very pleasant lady/gentleman ramifications to my sons.... Issue that Americas doctors are not really doing a very good job keeping the population healthy a shot... Fatter, Parents Worry one body Part is Too Small his or her mind regarding condition!, for instance, means the patient know what they really thought or use phrase... Records has benefits and challenges pediatric hospitalizations designed primarily to protect peoples,... 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