My Support Forums - View Single Post - Alteration of Medical Records - Normalized Deviance in the Healthcare System

sarahsweets · Nov 26, 2019, 03:11 AM

@HD7970GHZ
Great post. Records are also swayed heavily and then documented based on the opinions of other doctors even when they are wrong.Years ago I had chronic stomach issues and went to the ER like 4 times in a year. A few of those times I was given IV pain medicine. The last time I went I heard the doctor call my GI doctor's group and speak to the on call doctor. He had no idea I could hear him but I heard things like "no, I wont give her pain medication"
"She shouldn't be here"- stuff like that implying that I somehow come to the ER once every three months for... 1 dose of IV pain medicine? I wasnt on pain killers and BTW I NEVER asked for pain medicine I knew something was wrong and they could never figure it out. It was always the same tests and the same lame guess at what the issue was. When that doctor came into see me I let him have it and basically said he had no idea what I was feeling and that he had no business inferring something that I never said or requested. So that was that. The following year I had a flare up of some kind and went back. The doctor in the ER then said the only pain medicine they would give me was pepcid and he was such a jerk. My mom was an icu nurse there and she came down and even said something to the doctor. He met me for 30 seconds and immediately said no pain meds when I wasnt there for that. Do you know why? Because the previous ER doc noted somewhere in my records that he thought I was either drug seeking, faking it, or that it was psychosomatic or some other bogus opinion so that er doc had an opinion of me before even seeing me. It was like being black listed. And guess what? That whole time I had a internal hernia that I had surgery for. My old surgeon did exploratory surgery and fixed it then. So I wasn't crazy- they couldn't figure it out and rather than trying to help me, they labelled me. Do I have proof of this? I do not. My mom basically agreed with me that there are certain notes or cues that are left in your records. This was in 2013 and since then I have had two surgeries at this hospital with my hand surgeon and had no issues and I think that is because they revamped medical record keeping over the last few years and whatever was in there is not longer popping up? I am not sure. But I wont use their ER ever again. So the trauma and bias and assumptions in the heathcare/medical/mental health field are not just about life or death issues or buerocracy or covering you butt stuff- it can actually affect your care in an acute situation.

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Originally Posted by HD7970GHZ

Hi everyone,

Everyone should know that it is common practice in the medical system to alter and falsify health records in preparation for lawsuits and or complaints.

Why is this important?

IF it is a mistake they are covering up - they hide the truth. You will never know what happened. If there is any permanent damage to you or a loved one, there is no recourse for financial reparations. If someone dies due to negligence, you will never know it was the fault of the medical professional. If there was an error in treatment, you will never know. Nor will anyone learn from the mistake...

When you can alter and falsify the only evidence that exists, you cannot tell the difference between mistakes and malicious intent...

The medical system is broken. Period.

This is why there is so much abuse in healthcare, and in other industries that afford similar abuse dynamics to those in power.

Giving someone power and no accountability is recipe for disaster.

And yet - affording professionals power and no accountability is exactly what our institutions do!

And our Government - they knowingly ALLOW and even SUPPORT our corrupt healthcare systems / Publically funded Institutions! They see abuse of power (and they know ALL about it) as a necessary evil, so long as it provides them with a system that can be easily exploited to meet their needs at any time.

Anyway, I'm done rambling.

Thanks,
HD7970ghz