THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rodwelch@pacbell.net
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: November 20, 2008 09:31 AM Thursday;
Rod Welch
Millie requests complete pathology report from Kaiser for biopsy on Nov 7th.
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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 17 0000. ref SDS 16 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Background on biopsy status change test issue is shown in the earlier
040902 - record today on 081113, ref SDS 10 ED5J, citing Millie's letter to
040903 - Kaiser on 081111 requesting results on tests the past week,
040904 - ref SDS 9 DJ6N, to prepare for Millie to start treatment for cancer at
040905 - UCSF today, on 081113.
040907 - ..
040908 - Objectives for testing status change are reported in the record on
040909 - 081022 for the first biopsy at Kaiser. ref SDS 5 RS8M Subsidiary
040910 - objective is to get actualy pathology findings to compare with
040911 - possible modified criteria, reported on 071007. ref SDS 3 S68T
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040914 - Yesterday on 081119, Millie received a letter from Kaiser submitting
040915 - parts ofthe pathology report showing status has not changed, and
040916 - remains triple negative. ref SDS 13 5O8G
040918 - ..
040919 - Millie sent Kaiser's letter to the medical team notifying that the
040920 - biopsy on 081107 shows status has not changed and so is still triple
040921 - negative, ref SDS 14 V14I, since the original biopsy on 020304,
040922 - reported at Kaiser on 020321. ref SDS 1 6Q6J Millie's letter on
040923 - 081119 also requested from Kaiser the complete pathology report,
040924 - ref SDS 14 L34X, citing objective to evaluate test results agains
040925 - possible changed criteria for Her2 neu. ref SDS 14 GH5I
040927 - ..
040928 - This morning, Millie received a letter from Kaiser saying the doctor
040929 - wants Millie to have the entire pathology report. ref SDS 17 VU9N
040930 - Since Millie needs the complete report, and so far has only received
040931 - partial extracts, another letter was sent asking for the full report
040932 - again...
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040934 - 1. Subject: Pathology Report Biopsy 081107
040935 - Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:36:30 -0800
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040943 - 3. Responding to your letter this morning on my getting the
040944 - pathology report, ref SDS 17 VU9N, I haven't received it. I
040945 - think I have parts extracted and submitted with your two
040946 - letters.
040948 - ..
040949 - 4. Typically, my primary care physician, Doctor *******, uses
040950 - Kaiser's internal email system to send me the entire report,
040951 - including document header that has essential identification
040952 - data for managing the work. He uses regular email for routine
040953 - communication among the medical team, but uses the internal
040954 - Kaiser system for increased patient confidentiality. I have
040955 - explained priority is timeliness and accuracy, and that
040956 - Kaiser's email system is inefficient for reasons listed on
040957 - 060106. ref SDS 2 FE4I
040959 - ..
040960 - 5. None-the-less PCP feels comfortable sending reports with the
040961 - internal system, so I get them and make distribution to the
040962 - medical team [supplements fax submission by the doctor's
040963 - assistant Arlette, always very conscientious].
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040966 - 6. I have already requested the report on the biopsy for 081107,
040967 - and on the first FNA biopsy you did on 081022 several times.
040968 - Have not pushed this, because thanks to you we have the gist of
040969 - the story for purposes of decision support [...on 081023 the
040970 - doctor called with results, ref SDS 6 W15N, and submitted a
040971 - letter, ref SDS 6 4Q9Q, confirming results of the biopsy on
040972 - 081022; yesterday on 081119, the doctor submitted partial text,
040973 - ref SDS 13 UQ5P, from the report for the biopsy on 081107.]
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040976 - 7. In any case, if it is not a big job, can you please submit the
040977 - full text of pathology reports for the biopsies on 081022, and
040978 - on 081107. I realize this is extra work, and that, like the
040979 - primary care physician, you have limited time.
040980 -
040981 - [On 081120 Kaiser confirms plans to submit full pathology
040982 - report to Millie. ref SDS 18 VU9N
040984 - ..
040985 - [On 081120 Millie received full pathology report for biopsy
040986 - on 081107 to check status change, ref SDS 19 1E6K, and
040987 - found the report is incomplete. ref SDS 19 LF9R
040989 - ..
040990 - [On 081202 1456 Kaiser submitted results of pathology for
040991 - biopsy on 081107 showing HER2 neu FISH test = 1.1,
040992 - ref SDS 20 FG5G, well below criteria for positive 2.0, and
040993 - below change in criteria to 1.6 reported under
040994 - consideration on 071007. ref SDS 3 S68T
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040997 - 8. Getting the full report adds value to medical practice, shown
040998 - from review of my CT tests, illustrated by the record on
040999 - 080912. ref SDS 4 OO6M
041001 - ..
041002 - 9. Again, I will understand if this request seems over the top.
041003 - If you don't have time for this, I will get it from PCP.
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041006 - 10. You have been great.
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