Comment by OptionOfT
4 days ago
> I do take slight offense to the following at the top of my results:
No offense for me, just confusion. One of the status reports started as follows:
> OptionOfT is a very pleasant 36-year-old gentleman 6 weeks status post left anterior total hip arthroplasty done by Dr. _ on _.
I asked my wife whether I was particularly friendly (I sometimes fail to adjust my demeanor in certain situations).
She said: nah, they write that for everybody.
The bar is really low for patient behavior. Tbh I find anyone not screaming at me to be pleasant in comparison.
Some RIS systems make semi form reports with ‘Dear <referrer> thank you for sending <patient> to see us for their <type of imaging> etc etc.
Then you can just tab from field to field when doing the report.
I had a nurse chart “patient ‘feels like a million bucks’” while I was getting an immunotherapy infusion.
She said “It’s just not often I hear that here.”