THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: September 13, 1999 01:32 PM Monday; Rod Welch

Received letter from Mark at Kaiser on Patient Assistance.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Mark asks if there is still something he can do?

ACTION ITEMS.................. Click here to comment!

1...Need to develop procedures to support doctors, as explained by
2...3. Add missing patient history to medical chart reported on
3...a. Advise how patient can help accomplish guidelines in Healthwise
4...b. Develop doctor/patient communication training program, as

CONTACTS 
0201 - Kaiser Permanente - Shadelands       925 906 2200
020101 - Walnut Creek
020102 - Mr. Mark Margrai; 925 906 2209
020103 - Patient Assistance

SUBJECTS
Medical, Kaiser
Exam 990910 Knee Treatments
Patient Assistant
Xrays on Knees, 990813
Questions, Suggestions
Medical History, Xrays Not Submitted for Meeting
Medical Chart Missing Information

0909 -    ..
0910 - Summary/Objective
0911 -
091101 - Follow up ref SDS 56 0000, ref SDS 54 0000.
091102 -
091103 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Mark, responding to my letter, ref DIP 9
091104 - 0001 submitted on 990907, requesting for patient assistance to support
091105 - communications, and confirm medical history was been submitted to
091106 - Craig, per request on 990829. ref SDS 55 7387
091107 - ..
091108 - Mark was sick on 990907, and so Kaiser was unable to submit
091109 - medical history to Craig on 990910, which was requested in my letter
091110 - to Mark on 990907. ref DIP 9 9919  This explains in part the problems
091111 - on 990910. ref SDS 57 3038
091112 -
091113 - Mark asks if there is still something he can do?
091114 - ref DRT 1 8933
091115 -
091116 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 with following actions...
091117 -
091118 -      [On 990915 Mark was out of the office, Jeanne Bradely submitted
091119 -      the record to Sylvia and Craig. ref SDS 59 0001]
091120 -
091121 -      [On 990921 Mark responds. ref SDS 61 0001]
091122 -  ..
091123 -    1.  Visit with Doctor Syed Naqvi and Kaiser management to develop
091124 -        report on disposition of patient request on 990813 that medical
091125 -        history and new therapies be submitted to Craig, ref SDS 52
091126 -        1457, as provided by Kaiser's Team Care policy reviewed on
091127 -        990625. ref SDS 36 6970
091128 -
091129 -        Include in the report disposition of request on 990829.
091130 -        ref SDS 55 7387
091131 -
091132 -          [On 990921 renewed request for report. ref SDS 61 0477]
091133 -
091134 -          [On 991006 report from Patient Assistance says Kaiser failed
091135 -          to submit medical information to the doctor because the
091136 -          patient requested it using web mail. ref SDS 63 0002]
091137 -
091138 -
091139 -  ..
091140 -    2.  Submit the letter to Doctor Craig Boulris on the meeting held
091141 -        990910, ref SDS 57 0001, per below. ref SDS 0 7728
091142 -
091143 -        Submit medical history to Craig, including explanations of new
091144 -        knee therapies, so he can address these in the report he is
091145 -        submitting on my knee. ref SDS 57 3555
091146 -
091147 -        Need to develop procedures to support doctors, as explained by
091148 -        Craig on 990910. ref SDS 57 2040
091149 -
091150 -         [On 990915 I did this through Jeanne. ref SDS 59 3408]
091151 -
091152 -         [On 990927 requested help and proposed procedure for Patient
091153 -         Assistance to support web mail. ref SDS 62 3966]
091154 -
091155 -    3.  Add missing patient history to medical chart reported on
091156 -        990816. ref SDS 54 2601
091157 -
091158 - Cited in second para, ref DIT 1 4640, report on 990912 about high cost
091159 - of medical mistakes. ref SDS 58 0001
091160 -
091161 - Decided not to submit the following at this time, because Mark's time
091162 - is limited.  The goal is to avoid high cost of medical mistakes
091163 - reported on 990912. ref SDS 58 0001
091164 -
091165 -    a.  Advise how patient can help accomplish guidelines in Healthwise
091166 -        Handbook on doctor/patient partnership, ref SDS 36 4185, and
091167 -        communications, reported on 990625, ref SDS 36 0806, in light
091168 -        of doctor preferences to avoid using web mail for clear,
091169 -        concise, complete communication, due to limited time and
091170 -        inexperience, as reported by...
091171 -
091172 -         [On 991028 Kaiser's CEO Bob Pearl indicates goal to support
091173 -         Team Care, cites studies to develop better methods.
091174 -         ref SDS 64 0800]
091175 -
091176 -         [On 991101 discussed meeting with Kaiser medical management
091177 -         staff on this issue under Team Care. ref SDS 65 0966]
091178 -
091179 -        a.  Doctor Sylvia Connolly on 990625. ref SDS 36 1846 and,
091180 -            ref SDS 36 2652
091181 -
091182 -        b.  Doctor Syed Naqvi on 990802. ref SDS 49 4293
091183 -
091184 -        c.  Doctor Syed Naqvi on 990813. ref SDS 52 1254
091185 -
091186 -        d.  Doctor Craig Boulris on 990910. ref SDS 57 3038
091187 -                                    ..
091188 -    b.  Develop doctor/patient communication training program, as
091189 -        proposed on 990625. ref SDS 36 5358
091190 -
091191 -         [On 991028 Kaiser needs communication training to support Team
091192 -         Care. ref SDS 64 8499]
091193 -
091194 -         [On 991101 discussed training for doctor/patient
091195 -         communication. ref SDS 65 1718]
091196 -
091197 -
091198 -
091199 -  ..
091200 -
091201 - Submitted ref DIT 2 0001 to Craig linked to record of meeting on
091202 - 990910. ref SDS 57 0001  Linked to report on cost of medical mistakes
091203 - on 990912. ref SDS 58 0001
091204 -
091205 - Since we do not have an email address for Craig, per Kaiser policy
091206 - cited on 990910, ref SDS 57 2040, linked the letter to Craig in the
091207 - letter to Mark, and ask Mark to forward to Craig. ref DIT 1 5664
091208 -
091209 -         [On 990915 I did this through Jeanne. ref SDS 59 3408]
091210 -
091211 -         [On 990917 sent link to Anne Blackman on using the web for
091212 -         medical work. ref SDS 60 0001]
091213 -
091214 - Linked to medical history on 990625. ref SDS 36 5152
091215 -
091216 - Linked to article on 8 new therapies. ref OF 2
091217 -
091218 - Sent a copy to Sylvia and Syed so they can see what transpired.
091219 -
091220 -
091221 -
091222 -
091223 -
0913 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"