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: January 8, 2010 08:52 AM Friday;
Rod Welch
Millie thanks Doctor Johnson for expediting treatment 10th relapse cancer.
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0403 - ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Follow up ref SDS 36 0000. ref SDS 34 0000.
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040507 - ..
0406 -
0407 -
0408 - Background
0409 -
040901 - On 091202 Millie had the 3rd treatment in the 1st cycle of Navelbine.
040902 - ref SDS 21 625I
040904 - ..
040905 - She is experiencing some possible recovery, but also evident worsening
040906 - of cancer due to lack of treatment targeted to her patient profile.
040908 - ..
040909 - On 091203, Millie submitted a letter notifying the medical team about
040910 - possible progression of disease, and requesting treatment targeted to
040911 - her patient profile, ref SDS 22 4P7G, following up the letter on
040912 - 091112, ref SDS 17 IL8L, and meeting with Doctor Johnson at Kaiser
040913 - later that day on 091112. ref SDS 18 UT7M The following letter
040914 - confirms understandings from meeting on 091112, and sets agenda for
040915 - meeting at Kaiser on 091210.
040917 - ..
040918 - On 091211 0018 Millie letter confirms understandings from meeting at
040919 - Kaiser and thanks thanked medical team for excellent care, ref SDS 24
040920 - BW8I, based on Doctor Johnson's report in the meeting at Kaiser on
040921 - 091210 that Kaiser is collaborating with Doctor Rugo for UCSF to
040922 - prescribe treatment targeted to Millie's patient profile. ref SDS 24
040923 - XM3X
040925 - ..
040926 - On 091211 1452 Doctor Johnson reports collaborating with Doctor Rugo
040927 - for UCSF as planned during the meeting yesterday. ref SDS 25 BW8I
040929 - ..
040930 - On 091211 1648 Millie notifies Doctor Johnson to submit correspondence
040931 - of Kaiser collaborating with Doctor Rugo at UCSF on prescribing
040932 - treatment targeted to Millie's patient profile. ref SDS 26 BW8I
040934 - ..
040935 - On 091214 1649 Doctor Johnson notifies Millie that Doctor Rugo has not
040936 - replied to Kaiser's letter on 091211. ref SDS 27 BW8I
040938 - ..
040939 - On 091215 0852 Millie asks Doctor Johnson about sending a copy of
040940 - Kaiser's letter to Tara for assisting Doctor Rugo developing UCSF's
040941 - treatment plan targeted to Millie's patient profile. ref SDS 28 BW8I
040943 - ..
040944 - On 091215 1557 Millie reports blood counts fall, still permit getting
040945 - 1st treatment 2nd cycle Navelbine, ref SDS 29 BW8I, asks about
040946 - progress collaborating on prescribing next treatment to recover from
040947 - 10th relapse of cancer.
040949 - ..
040950 - On 100103 1147 Millie asks medical team about progress prescribing
040951 - treatment targeted to Millie's patient profile to recover from 10th
040952 - relapse of cancer. ref SDS 30 BW8I Millie reports new symptom of rash
040953 - on right side of forehead, which is swelling the right eye; requests
040954 - examination tomorrow to prescribe immediate remedy. ref SDS 30 FZ6V
040956 - ..
040957 - On 100103 1652 Millie receives automated reply that Doctor Johnson is
040958 - out of the office until 100105, and so cannot make examination
040959 - tomorrow on 100104 requested in Millie's letter this afternoon.
040960 - ref SDS 31 BW8I
040962 - ..
040963 - On 100103 2023 Millie reponds to notice that Doctor Johnson is out of
040964 - the office tomorrow and so cannot make examination requested in
040965 - Millie's letter earlier today. ref SDS 32 BW8I
040967 - ..
040968 - On 100104 0830 Millie needs examination of facial blisters today.
040969 - ref SDS 33 BW8I
040971 - ..
040972 - On 100104 2144 Mille notified medical team on results of meetings
040973 - today at Kaiser that diagnosed and prescirbed treatment for Shingles.
040974 - ref SDS 34 BW8I
040976 - ..
040977 - On 100106 1327 Doctor Johnson called to ask about meeting with Millie,
040978 - on recovering from shingles, ref SDS 36 BW8I, diagnosed by Doctor Zhang
040979 - at Kaiser, as reported in Millie's letter to the medical team on
040980 - 100104 2144. ref SDS 34 BW8I Millie is too ill for meeting at Kaiser;
040981 - hoping to be able to meet next week as currently scheduled on 100112.
040982 - ref SDS 36 TF4F Doctor Johnson reported that Kaiser has not received a
040983 - response from UCSF to Doctor's letter requesting support for Millie's
040984 - treatment to recover from 10th relapse of cancer; doctor asks if
040985 - Millie has been contacted by Doctor Rugo. ref SDS 36 216K Doctor
040986 - Johnson sent a copy to Tara of his letter on 091211 to Doctor Rugo, so
040987 - that Tara can assist Doctor Rugo developing a treatment plan in time
040988 - to be effective. ref SDS 36 CX5F Doctor Johnson sent a copy of his
040989 - letter on 091211 to Doctor Rugo at UCSF to Millie, so that the medical
040990 - team can be supported by the doctor/patient partnership. ref SDS 36
040991 - KN66
040993 - ..
040994 - On 100108 0852 Millie thanks the medical team for collaborating to
040995 - prescribe treatment in time to be effective recovering from the 10th
040996 - relapse of cancer. ref SDS 0 BW8I Millie reports Doctor Johnson's
040997 - submission to Millie using "secure-email" of a letter Kaiser sent to
040998 - Doctor Rugo at UCSF on 091211 could not be accessed, and so requests
040999 - alternate submission. ref SDS 0 MW4P
041000 -
041001 -
041003 - ..
0411 -
0412 -
0413 - Progress
0414 -
041401 - Millie responded to Doctor Johnson's "secure email" received on 100106
041402 - 1352, ref SDS 36 CX9G, and reports to the medical team...
041403 -
041404 - 1. Subject: Re: Fw: Mutual Patient (phi)
041405 - Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:09:18 -0800
041418 - ..
041419 - 2. Thanks for calling [on Wednesday] about my progress recovering
041420 - from shingles. ref SDS 37 BW8I
041422 - ..
041423 - 3. I feel better this morning. Hopefully, will be recovered
041424 - enough to attend our meeting scheduled next week at Kaiser on
041425 - Jan 12th to evaluate my next treatment.
041427 - ..
041428 - 4. IBC rash seems to have subsided further with Navelbine [this
041429 - reverses report of possible progression set out in Millie's
041430 - letter on 100103 1147. ref SDS 30 FZ7U]. Will get a cross
041431 - check with the lab next Tuesday. As you know, the cancer
041432 - marker jumped 30 points or so to CA 15-3 248 in the test on
041433 - 091222, after declining 200 points the past 5 months. Hoping
041434 - we see a decline with the test next week to correlate with
041435 - evident reduced IBC rash this week.
041436 -
041437 - [On 100112 0047 Millie submits agenda to medical team for
041438 - meeting with Doctor Johnson to verify evident improvement
041439 - recovering from IBC. ref SDS 39 IS4W
041441 - ..
041442 - [On 100112 0830 Doctor Johnson examination finds
041443 - substantial recovery from IBC with lesions significantly
041444 - subsiding on left arm and across Millie's chest.
041445 - ref SDS 40 3U7H
041447 - ..
041448 - 5. Thanks very much for submitting a follow up letter to Doctor
041449 - Rugo collaborating on UCSF progress with my treatment plan for
041450 - the 10th relapse of cancer [reported on 100106], ref SDS 36
041451 - TU4G, as discussed in the letter to the medical team on 100103,
041452 - ref SDS 30 FZ7Q [and reviewed with the doctor in a call on
041453 - 100106, asking again for copies of Millie's medical record on
041454 - Kaiser collaborating with UCSF. ref SDS 36 KN66]
041456 - ..
041457 - 6. Unfortunately, I was unable to open the copy I received from
041458 - you on corresponding with Doctor Rugo and Tara Lacey, because
041459 - you used a "secure email" modality [reported on 100106],
041460 - ref SDS 36 4S48, which has presented problems for all of us.
041461 - Recall on 080305 you reported difficulties opening "secure
041462 - email" from UCSF. ref SDS 3 US6I [On 090205, Doctor Johnson
041463 - asked about switching from public domain email addresses for
041464 - doctors at Kaiser to use instead Kaiser's internal Knowledge
041465 - Management email system for emergency communications, because
041466 - the Doctor checks Kaiser's internal email more often than the
041467 - public domain system. ref SDS 6 278T
041468 -
041469 - [On 100309 1238 Millie notifies medical team that Kaiser's
041470 - Knowledge Management system has been off-line for a week
041471 - preventing access to patient medical records on lab work.
041472 - ref SDS 42 HL4V
041474 - ..
041475 - [On 100502 0140 Millie letter to medical team explains
041476 - advantages of public domain email, and waives liability for
041477 - UCSF and Kaiser from inadvertant breach of patient
041478 - confidentility in her case. ref SDS 44 CO3W
041480 - ..
041481 - [On 100502 2143 Millie received another letter from the
041482 - medical team at Kaiser which could not be opened again.
041483 - ref SDS 45 HH4I
041485 - ..
041486 - [On 100503 1522 Millie notifies medical team of difficulty
041487 - handling secure email. ref SDS 46 TD5T
041489 - ..
041490 - [On 100503 1945 Kaiser resubmitted letter sent initially
041491 - with "secure email" for protecting patient confidentiality,
041492 - and using public domain email with level of confidentiality
041493 - acceptable to the patient for efficient communication.
041494 - ref SDS 47 YL5N
041496 - ..
041497 - [On 100504 1609 Sara, Practice Manager for UCSF Oncology
041498 - Breast Care Clinic, called and notified Millie that lawyers
041499 - in the UCSF Risk Management Department want Millie to use
041500 - secure email to comply with Federal regulations; Sara does
041501 - not know what Federal regulations apply in this case, nor
041502 - what the regulations say that justify denying the patient
041503 - the right to choose the level of confidentiality suited to
041504 - the patients need for communicating effectively with her
041505 - medical team, and with transparency that encourages
041506 - accuracy and timeliness. ref SDS 48 ZV6M
041508 - ..
041509 - 7. If you cannot send content by regular email, as we have been
041510 - doing the past 9 years, please print the document, and Rod will
041511 - drive to Kaiser and get a copy from the Oncology front desk. I
041512 - need a complete record to support Doctor Rugo and the team
041513 - going forward.
041514 -
041515 - [On 100108 1616 drove to Kaiser and received a printed copy
041516 - of Doctor Johnson's letter to Doctor Rugo dated 091211,
041517 - ref SDS 38 HT7L, which is entered in the record on 091211,
041518 - ref SDS 25 M33K; and Tara advises medical team that Doctor
041519 - Rugo prescribes PARP treatment at UC Davis, rather than at
041520 - UCSF. ref SDS 38 FM5I
041522 - ..
041523 - [On 100301 0005 Millie notified medical team that regular
041524 - email using public domain addresses for doctors at Kaiser
041525 - enables efficiently directing the work providing health
041526 - care in time to be effective extending quality of life, and
041527 - that Kaiser's confidential "secure" system is a patient
041528 - benefit, which risks survival due to inefficient
041529 - communication, as presented in the record on 090205,
041530 - ref SDS 6 3Z4O, and which the patient therefore waives in
041531 - order to get the larger benefit of extended survival and
041532 - quality of life. ref SDS 41 OP4V
041534 - ..
041535 - [On 100309 1238 notifies medical team that public domain
041536 - email addresses for doctors at Kaiser are required to
041537 - efficiently direct the work performing Millie's health
041538 - care, and Millie asks if Kaiser needs a signed document
041539 - authorizing public domain email for confidential "secure"
041540 - communications. ref SDS 42 HL6R
041542 - ..
041543 - [On 100310 0730 Doctor Johnson met with Millie in the
041544 - Oncology Chemotherapy Infusion Clinic and explained that he
041545 - checks Kaiser's internal proprietary email system more
041546 - often than he sees mail in his public domain address at
041547 - Kaiser; he recommends sending emergency communications to
041548 - the Kaiser internal proprietary email address. ref SDS 43
041549 - OR71
041551 - ..
041552 - 8. By copy will ask Arlette to facilitate submitting your letter
041553 - by email or printing the document for hand delivery later
041554 - today.
041555 -
041556 - [...below, Arlette called and advised that Doctor Johnson
041557 - printed the letter, and it can be picked up at the Oncology
041558 - counter at Kaiser in Walnut Creek. ref SDS 0 4R9F
041560 - ..
041561 - 9. By copy also asking Glenna to further assist Doctor Rugo in
041562 - focusing some time on my treatment plan. Glenna does not have
041563 - responsibility in my case. She was very effective on 090121
041564 - assisting Doctor Rugo when I suffered the 7th relapse of
041565 - cancer, and so may be able to work with Tara to get this done
041566 - now, as well. ref SDS 5 Y67L
041568 - ..
041569 - 10. Again, to assist the team a summary of patient treatment
041570 - history is listed on 090213. ref SDS 7 AC6G
041572 - ..
041573 - 11. Please call to let me know about picking up a copy of your
041574 - letter to Doctor Rugo and Tara on Wednesday. ref SDS 36 TU4G
041575 -
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041583 -
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0419 -
041901 - Arlette called. She advised that Doctor Johnson, who works off-site
041902 - on Friday afternoons, came into the office and printed his letter to
041903 - Doctor Rugo dated 091211, as requested in Millie's letter to the
041904 - medical team this morning. ref SDS 0 MW4U
041905 -
041906 - [On 100108 1616 drove to Kaiser and received a printed copy of
041907 - Doctor Johnson's letter to Doctor Rugo dated 091211,
041908 - ref SDS 38 HT7L, which is entered in the record on 091211,
041909 - ref SDS 25 M33K; and Tara advises medical team that Doctor Rugo
041910 - prescribes PART treatment at UC Davis, rather than at UCSF.
041911 - ref SDS 38 FM5I
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