Health Boards
Thu-20-04-2017, 21:10 PM
To: those with Psoriaticarthritis who may have received treatment that did not work
Today I am reporting a serious ‘Error’ made by Radiology Interpreters
that has been causing the physicians who had ordered the tests to choose 'wrong' treatments - thereby placing patients in a harmful situation.
(fact) Some people were diagnosed as having Psoriaticarthritis by Rheumatologists and Osteoarthritis by Radiologists.
I am one of them. Fact is I have Psoriaticarthritis only, not both. Please read on:
MAGNITUDE OF SERIOUSNESS
The problem that I am reporting here is not considered to be limited to two U.S. states that I experienced in but is estimated to be in many other states within the United States, evidenced by people reporting the same problem in several patient forum websites.
"ERROR" BY RADIOLOGY READING DOCTORS
Radiology Interpreters are Medical Doctors.
These doctors read and then interpret the MRI, X-ray, and other radiological test results ‘without’ much knowing the medical history of individual patients.
Although they know that there are different types of Arthritis [ (1) Rheumatoid Arthritis. (2) Psoriaticarthritis. (3) Osteoarthritis], they simply base their interpretation on the patient’s age – making the Physicians who had ordered the test choose ‘wrong’ treatments.
For example:
I have a history of treatment for Psoriasis and have had Psoriaticarthritis pain in hip joints. When I had a lower back pain, an Orthopedic physician,Tennessee ordered MRI. Without knowing me having Psoriatic Arthritis, the interpreter (name undisclosed, Medical Doctor, Cookeville, TN 38501) diagnosed me as having Osteoarthritis simply based on my age, in addition to a condition in my lumbar spine.
The wrong interpretation made my Orthopedic physician to send me where I ended up receiving injections, which not only failed to work on me but put me in increasing pain. I did not find the causation until after the second incident as below.
Years later after my engineering job relocated me to Kentucky, my new primary care physician (Glasgow, KY 42141) ordered me to take a hip X-ray test. Without knowing my history of having Psoriaticarthritis, the interpreter (name undisclosed, Medical Doctor, Glasgow, KY 42141) read the X-ray test result and diagnosed me as having Osteoarthritis, simply based on my age.
Recently, a pain intervention specialist, whom I was referred to by my primary care, prescribed me a medication for Osteoarthritis (cost me hundreds of dollars out of pocket) which I found out later after having a serious side effect. The medication did not alleviate my pain at all after more than a week of taking two types of prescribed pain killers. 7 days later I reported the specialist through his nurse that the drugs not working at all or worse. Did they (doctor's nurse and doctor) tell me to stop or to replace with other medication? No. They instead told me to continue on for 5 more weeks. It was not until 11 days after started taking when they finally told me to discontinue because I had a serious side effect and reported. I then had my primary care to check the side effect who told me that I was prescribed to a wrong medication. It was a scary experience. It was all caused by 'erroneous' radiology interpretation by the medical doctor of Radiology.
My fellow patients with Psoriaticarthritis, please be aware! Hope that you all are doing well.
Radiology Interpreters must quit writing diagnostic assumption in Arthritis. Or, it can cause a serious consequence << I say it aloud!
Today I am reporting a serious ‘Error’ made by Radiology Interpreters
that has been causing the physicians who had ordered the tests to choose 'wrong' treatments - thereby placing patients in a harmful situation.
(fact) Some people were diagnosed as having Psoriaticarthritis by Rheumatologists and Osteoarthritis by Radiologists.
I am one of them. Fact is I have Psoriaticarthritis only, not both. Please read on:
MAGNITUDE OF SERIOUSNESS
The problem that I am reporting here is not considered to be limited to two U.S. states that I experienced in but is estimated to be in many other states within the United States, evidenced by people reporting the same problem in several patient forum websites.
"ERROR" BY RADIOLOGY READING DOCTORS
Radiology Interpreters are Medical Doctors.
These doctors read and then interpret the MRI, X-ray, and other radiological test results ‘without’ much knowing the medical history of individual patients.
Although they know that there are different types of Arthritis [ (1) Rheumatoid Arthritis. (2) Psoriaticarthritis. (3) Osteoarthritis], they simply base their interpretation on the patient’s age – making the Physicians who had ordered the test choose ‘wrong’ treatments.
For example:
I have a history of treatment for Psoriasis and have had Psoriaticarthritis pain in hip joints. When I had a lower back pain, an Orthopedic physician,Tennessee ordered MRI. Without knowing me having Psoriatic Arthritis, the interpreter (name undisclosed, Medical Doctor, Cookeville, TN 38501) diagnosed me as having Osteoarthritis simply based on my age, in addition to a condition in my lumbar spine.
The wrong interpretation made my Orthopedic physician to send me where I ended up receiving injections, which not only failed to work on me but put me in increasing pain. I did not find the causation until after the second incident as below.
Years later after my engineering job relocated me to Kentucky, my new primary care physician (Glasgow, KY 42141) ordered me to take a hip X-ray test. Without knowing my history of having Psoriaticarthritis, the interpreter (name undisclosed, Medical Doctor, Glasgow, KY 42141) read the X-ray test result and diagnosed me as having Osteoarthritis, simply based on my age.
Recently, a pain intervention specialist, whom I was referred to by my primary care, prescribed me a medication for Osteoarthritis (cost me hundreds of dollars out of pocket) which I found out later after having a serious side effect. The medication did not alleviate my pain at all after more than a week of taking two types of prescribed pain killers. 7 days later I reported the specialist through his nurse that the drugs not working at all or worse. Did they (doctor's nurse and doctor) tell me to stop or to replace with other medication? No. They instead told me to continue on for 5 more weeks. It was not until 11 days after started taking when they finally told me to discontinue because I had a serious side effect and reported. I then had my primary care to check the side effect who told me that I was prescribed to a wrong medication. It was a scary experience. It was all caused by 'erroneous' radiology interpretation by the medical doctor of Radiology.
My fellow patients with Psoriaticarthritis, please be aware! Hope that you all are doing well.
Radiology Interpreters must quit writing diagnostic assumption in Arthritis. Or, it can cause a serious consequence << I say it aloud!