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Your Tips on How to Get Off to the Best Start with a New Specialist
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@fiesty76 That lab is terrible, it should be reported. I had an unfortunate experience with a tech when I had an ultrasound. When the doctor wanted me to go for another ultrasound I told her I would not go back to that department at the hospital that she is affiliated with due to the experience. She was shocked at my experience and referred me to the department at the other hospital in town, so I am sure that hit home, that I would not go to her hospital's own department. I am quite sure she must have called and reported my experience.
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Don't be at all SURE your doctor will call anyone... her incentives $$$ are provided by her hospital. Plus doctors like police have a Wall of Silence. If you do want to make sure that your experiences MIGHT be heard, then write to your insurance company, report negligence. And also write to your state's medical board and "complain" about the doctor -- who's NOT going to put HER connections ($$$) on the line for YOU.
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@contentandwell, So glad that your doc was shocked and very impressed that she followed up with a referral to a hospital she was not affiliated with. We have two large hospitals here and they are generally pretty territorial so your doc's action went far beyond what I'd expect in my locale. Kudos to you, JK, for reporting to her your unfortunate experience and hugs to her for putting the welfare of her patient first! Heartening news indeed!