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A comment on The Myth About Defensive Medicine

Joe — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:09:59 GMT

It sounds to me as if it's the insurance companies themselves driving up the cost of medical care. Not because doctors get sued so much more often these days, but because insurance companies like to charge more for their services. Maybe the rising cost of health care isn't the issue so much as the rising cost of the insurance industry that supports health care.

A comment on Virginia Doctor Reprimanded for Proscribing Too Much Medication

Bobby — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:17:45 GMT

As a patient of the Doctor, the BS said by the state is not always so. Also, the issue was over three patients from along time ago.
Had he over wrote as this BS claimeds he'd have lost the right to write the schedules medications.

I hope someday you can suffer in the hell I do with my back. I've had the issue for well over twenty years and Dr. Boulware did and asked everything you claim he did not do.

It is an attack against us pain people who break no laws. The idiots in VA cannot stop the dealers so they may up crap to get headlines.

So now what do his patients do? In my case, no meds, no work. Helping the state laying in bed dying in pain everyday.

You have no clue about what you write about. Take your worse tooth ache, throw in a knife in your back, etc., etc. You'd still have no clue the hell I live in everyday.

If you care? The issue was over records not kept 100% correct on three patients and it had nothing to do with what was wrote. The state simply comes after any Doctor who cares and treats you with aheart.

Lastly, I'm white and Dr. Boulware is black. Does the state of Virginia so closely check the records of all it's white Doctors? Do you not think over hundreds and hundreds of patients that ALL Doctors make a mild note taking mistake? They found THREE at his office, WOW! He was a saint to us in severe chronic pain.

You Tool!

A comment on Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

Jan Boswell, RN LNC — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:46:05 GMT

I agree with Jill's comment about every case being individual. As a cardiac nurse, I have seen patient who fit the "textbook" case and those who do not. I agree that there are times when everything is not done for these patients. However, I would like to see how these patients were doing. Were they doing well on there current therapy ?

I think the point is that standards must be in place as a guidleine in treating patients. However, each case must be treated as an individual. There are many factors that play into a patinet's overall care plan ---co-existing illness, reactions to drugs, the overall state of the patient's health, etc.

Patients need to be educated about what treatments are available and need to take an active role in asking their doctors about available therapies. Communication is the key to good health.

A comment on Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

humberto nunez — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:28:08 GMT

I went in AF I also had few other problem breathing
bloating and edema too much water was being retain- ed in my body. I too received digoxin through IV but I was in a coma. I don't know if he was in one but my coma lasted 3 weeks and Doc's were playing god with my life less than 5% chance of living what could I do or say.

A comment on Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

JILL PAUL RN — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:39:12 GMT

Joe, believe it or not, Doctors nor Nurses look at insurance coverage while a patient is in the hospital. We treat the patient to the best of our knowledge and leave the finances to others. No, medicine and medical care is not free but I strongly feel that most of us at least, treat the patient according to the individual and are not restricted by the insurance companies while hospitalized. Thank you.

A comment on Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

Joe — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:03:08 GMT

My guess would be that patients' insurance coverage didn't fully cover the drug therapies that may have proven the most beneficial to the patients. Medicine and medical care isn't free.

A comment on Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

Joe — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:02:56 GMT

My guess would be that patients' insurance coverage didn't fully cover the drug therapies that may have proven the most beneficial to the patients. Medicine and medical care isn't free.

A comment on Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

JILL PAUL RN — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:45:37 GMT

In answer to your question, Ann, many things have to be taken into consideration. First, I would like to say that I am not a Cardiologist and don't profess to be one. I am an RN and have been through this issue many times with my husband. When your step dad was admitted in AF, one has got to look at his age, previous history, his lab work, and most importantly, the rate of AF - in otherwards, his heart rate. Yes, his blood pressure is a consideration but how low actually was it? Supplemental oxygen is always a consideration (since it has little side effects) but, digitalis is a very old drug with many side effects if not supervised properly. The key here is to bring his heart rate under control (if it wasn't already)and to get anticoagulants on board to prevent a stroke. Many older people tolerate chronic AF very well as long as they are protected from throwing a clot and their rate is controlled. One cannot put a rubber stamp on every patient presenting with Atrial Fibrillation. If it is new onset AF, The Cardiologists might try and cardiovert them back to a normal sinus rhythm. Depending on the underlying conditions, this might work and it may not. Perhaps he didn't get an IV of saline, because he was already in CHF. (Congestive Heart Failure)and couldn't handle the extra fluids. Like I said, there is no one solution fits all patients. Everyone is an individual and should be handled as such. Thank you.

A comment on Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

Ann — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:37:37 GMT

My step dad was just admitted for AF and low blood pressure. My question is, why did they not give him digoxin iv along with oxygen and salene?

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