That stinks.   I don't see how that could help Kaiser make more money,
either.   Well, come to think of it I can imagine some scenarios, but the ones
I can imagine would also call for some serious jail time for the perps.

In January when I had my one year checkup, it seemed that once again there had
been a miscommunication between the medical lab and the uro clinic, and my PSA
results hadn't gotten to the right place at the right time.   It was a
different comedy of errors each time, and each time they came up with the
results before I went home.   But my surgeon was annoyed and said I should get
the PSA results myself and hand carry them to his office just to be sure.   I
told him I didn't know that was an option.   He said I had a more of a right
to see those numbers than anyone else did.

I like that idea, but haven't yet put it to the test.   Maybe next month.

Yup.   That's why I don't want to see our country going the way of the Mother
of All Managed Care plans.

Speaking of the Mother of All Battles, it gives us something to think about
when we see the guy who invented that phrase put to the "humilitation" of
having the whole world see him getting some medical attention.   The thing
that's humiliating about it for him is that he is no longer in control.
Sounds like Kaiser is trying to do to you what the U.S. Army was doing to
Saddam.   The difference of course is that you don't deserve that kind of
treatment.

JohnG

As I understand it, he was not told of the 18 a year ago and he was not told
of the 34 this year.  He had foot pain and for some reason, maybe education,
HE ASKED HIS DOCTOR what his last PSA was.  Doc says '34'.  After checking,
he finds the last one was 18.

Hi Alan,
I doubt very much that Kaiser has policies with the purpose of
annoying its patients for its own convenience.  Rather, since Kaiser
is the largest provider of its kind in the nation, they are under
constant observation from various governmental agencies and lawyers
all too eager to find fault for obvious reasons.  So, it's not
surprising that Kaiser abide by "the rules" to the letter which often
seems unnecessary to the patient.  The recently enacted HIPPA rules
(Health Information Patient Privacy Act) is very strict, so much so
that Kaiser had to make plastic covers for the carts that hold patient
charts so that as the carts are wheeled from one office to another
nobody can see the names on the chart tabs.  Contrast this with what I
saw in a private physician's exam room where he had patient records
stored in open boxes on the floor under the exam table where anyone
could look at them.  When I call the private physician's office, the
person on the phone (the receptionist?) provides me whatever
information is available (illegally according to HIPPA) whereas at
Kaiser only the doctor can provide such information, also according to
HIPPA.  Unfortunately, larger organizations get the black eye because
of their size and we all suffer in the end.
Dave Perry