THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: September 12, 2008 03:41 PM Friday;
Rod Welch
Kaiser reports omission CT report shows Interstitional lung disease not worsening.
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 5 0000. ref SDS 4 0000.
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040901 - Millie had a CT test at Kaiser in Oakland yesterday. ref SDS 4 358L
040902 - Everything went well. ref SDS 4 LK3R Problems that occurred on the
040903 - previous CT test on 080718, ref SDS 1 LK3R, at Kaiser in Walnut Creek
040904 - did not occur yesterday in Oakland.
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040907 - This afternoon, the primary care physician submitted the pathology
040908 - report for the test. It was transmitted through Kaiser's Knowledge
040909 - Management dedicated email system. This was reviewed carefully in
040910 - another record later in the evening today 080912. ref SDS 7 6V5I
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040913 - Initial review showed the analyst did not follow up Interstitional
040914 - lung disease, ref SDS 7 TS4J, which was reported as a new issue in the
040915 - CT test on 080718, reviewed a week later on 080723. ref SDS 2 TS4J
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040918 - Millie sent a letter to the doctor using the dedicated email program
040919 - in Kaiser's Knowledge Mangaement system asking if failure of the
040920 - report to mention Interstitional Lung disease indicates the condition
040921 - is resolved, or that the analyst did not look for it. ref SDS 5 LO9U
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040924 - Millie received a letter through Kaiser's Knowledge Management email
040925 - system from the primary care physician saying...
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040927 - 1. Subject: CT Chest resultsPrinter-friendly version
040928 - Date Received: 9/12/08 3:35 PM
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040933 - 2. If the interstitial disease was not mentioned, then it is not
040934 - worsening and negligible enough not to comment on.
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040937 - The doctor comments on Millie's question in a letter earlier today
040938 - about omission of findings in the CT test on 080911 on resolution or
040939 - condition of Interstitional lung disease, ref SDS 5 LO9U, reported in
040940 - the prior test on 080718, as shown by review today, reported later in
040941 - the evening today on 080912? ref SDS 7 TS4J
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040943 - [On 080912 Millie requests confirmation that Kaiser's
040944 - report for the CT test on 080911, shown in the record on
040945 - 080912, doesn not present findings on Institional Lung
040946 - disease with other language, such that there are no follow
040947 - up findings of any kind for the prior test on 080718,
040948 - reported on 080723, and which would be recognized by an
040949 - expert health care provider. ref SDS 6 O657
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040952 - Does this reasoning apply to omission in the report on the CT test
040953 - performed 080911 of findings on cancer in the left supraclavicular
040954 - which was reported at UCSF on 080821, and a week later by the primary
040955 - care physician at Kaiser on 080829, shown by review later today on
040956 - 080912? ref SDS 7 5O6N
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040959 - [...in another record today on 080912 Millie asks if
040960 - omission of findings for cancer in the left supraclavicular
040961 - shows findings at UCSF on 080821, and by the primary care
040962 - physician on 080829 have subsided? ref SDS 6 O664
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040965 - [On 080915 primary care physician at Kaiser responds to
040966 - Millie's letter on 080912 and does not answer the request
040967 - today asking if omission of findings on in the report on
040968 - 080912 (today) for the CT test on 08911 shows cancer in
040969 - left supraclavicular has been resolved. ref SDS 8 XE9M
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040972 - [On 081113 report for CT test of the neck on 081107 finds
040973 - cancer in right supraclavicular "increased" from prior
040974 - test, ref SDS 9 4K5H, which is incorrect, because the prior
040975 - test on 080718 reviewed on 080723, ref SDS 2 EO8F, and
040976 - referenced in the report for the test on 081107 does not
040977 - present findings of anything in the right supraclavicular,
040978 - ref SDS 9 SE9H, and neither does any other test in
040979 - patient's 7 year history of testing, including the report
040980 - today for the test on 080911. ref SDS 7 5O6N
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040983 - Letter from Kaiser concludes...
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040985 - 3. I left a message with the Chief of Radiology in WCR regarding
040986 - this.
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040989 - The doctor follows up on Millie's request in her letter earlier today
040990 - to upgrade service for patients getting CT tests who need support
040991 - using Power Ports that avoid injury from excessive needle punctures.
040992 - ref SDS 5 LO4W
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