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Transplants | Last Active: Feb 14, 2023 | Replies (1670)
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So the specific question I'm asking is since your PCP had to re write the lab script, when Mayo gets the lab results from the hospital, do they know they are supposed to review the lab results? Because the re written order has your PCP as the ordering physician. I'm just concerned that Mayo gets the lab results but may not review because it won't show they are the ordering physician, and thus they are responsible to review the labs. Does it make sense what I'm asking? This is what the Mayo nurse told. Whomever orders the labs will be responsible for reviewing the labs. So when Mayo gets the lab results they may not know to review them because the ordering physician is someone else!!

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Feb 1, 2023

I think that the terminology is confusing.
The ordering physician for Mayo/ transplant purposes is the transplant doctor who ordered the specific labs to monitor my post transplant health and to adjust meds if indicated by lab levels. It is unreasonable to expect a primary care doctor to know what labs or lab levels that my organ health requires. That is why I have an annual evaluation my transplant team about my transplant health.
I first returned home after my transplant, my first agenda item was to make an appointment with my primary care doctor to make sure he would work with Mayo transplant team to coordinate my care locally. Even contacting them when necessary.
For the lab, the local doctor is the ordering doctor because he is in-state legal physician.

I hope this clears it up.

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