How to expose a corrupt and unethical Therapist and or Healthcare Professional

Hi SarahSweets,

Thanks for the question.

In short, the healthcare system exists to help people. Whether we are talking about mental health, physical health and or elderly, even though healthcare is designed to help people - it unfortunately harms a lot of people too. Like the 3rd leading annual cause of death in the United States has been medical errors... Those types of numbers. It is astronomical.

The big picture mentality is this: We need a healthcare system. Due to the vast amounts of money spent on keeping the healthcare system afloat, as well as the vast amounts of mistakes that are made, there are many things that must take place.

One of these things is alteration of medical records. It is a means of safeguarding professionals if they are to make mistakes. Alteration of medical records is common and normal behavior in healthcare. Even though it is illegal, unethical and corruption - they do it all the time. It is literally normalized deviance.


Many healthcare professionals come to see it as a necessary evil to keep the system afloat and maintain a public facade of do no harm - however, overtime, this kind of behavior leads to a toxic workplace culture rife with abuse and atrocity. Once these healthcare professionals realize they can control the only evidence that exists - it opens the doors to all kinds of bad.

There are many lawsuits against healthcare professionals when they harm someone. IF every healthcare professional was held accountable - there would be an even larger shortage of healthcare workers and the healthcare system would crumble from having to paying out millions for lawsuits. So - the healthcare system operates under parameters that operate above the law. Alteration of medical records are their way of protecting both themselves and their system. It is seen as a necessary evil.

I hope this answers your question. I have personally experienced this in the healthcare system multiple times - it is literally normal behavior for them. They live under the illusion that it is self-preservation. Unfortunately it is the same system that protects them that also allows abuse to go on behind closed doors.

Alteration of medical records can be used to cover-up mistakes, to distort facts and create an ideal defense package in a court of law, to destroy the credibility of a victim and or survivor, and last but not least, to write malicious content such as false diagnosis and or any other creative distortion that is necessary to keep a whistle-blower from speaking up.

Thanks,
HD7970ghz

My husband had a coworker, actually in a management position in health care field, who altered patient’s medical records to cover her own butt. She was immediately fired. He wasn’t sure if her license was also in danger as she was gone quickly. But the whole thing was a very big deal.

Most certainly there are medical professionals who would alter medical records to cover their butts but it’s not encouraged or looked at as a necessary evil. If one gets caught, it’s a major issue as not only it’s immoral but could easily cause them their job and mainly their license- their livelihood, investigation of the department and the entire facility often follows and it reflects terribly on the entire medical facility. So most medical professionals don’t look at it lightly as something common and normal.

Thanks for sharing this, I agree with some of what you are saying.

Unfortunately, not enough healthcare professionals are caught doing this. I know from doing a lot of research that this behavior is unfortunately normalized. It does happen, a lot. Doesn't mean everyone will do it but there is a process to handling situations where potential litigation and or complaints could arise.

Those who are caught are definitely penalized. Unfortunately many are not penalized enough and continue doing it. The way the system handles it is by blaming and shaming the culprit and making them out to be a single bad seed. (As in, it is not a cultural or systemic problem). This stuff truly is systemic and it really is getting worse.

Thanks,
HD7970ghz

I’d still not refer to it as “common and normal” . It’s like saying killing is common and normal because some murders remain unsolved.

I read this paper and it describes the types of issues that can happen. However, this paper definitely does not provide any evidence that changing patients records is "common and normal". I think this paper describes important concepts and does a good job in explaining them but it does not give any evidence what so ever about how frequently or infrequently these things happen. This evidence simply isn't there.

In bold: no one said that the link I provided would prove that alteration of medical records is common and normal. What it does show is that a toxic culture is normal and that those who speak up are victimized.

I respect your choice to agree to disagree.

I suppose without going into detail, I will offer you a single piece of evidence to read. It is a peer reviewed article written by a PH.D nurse named Kathy Ahern. I recommend reading it in order to inform and protect yourself against these things. Professionals are penalized for advocating for change and speaking up against these matters. Ethical violations are unfortunately a cultural and systemic problem. Ask any healthcare professionals 1 on 1 and off the record, most will acknowledge these things if they've witnessed or experienced it. A lot of them are afraid to speak up because they are treated as whistleblowers if they do.

Here is something to entertain this topic. Please read it. It is written from a healthcare professionals perspective and acknowledges the systemic issues and what happens to those who advocate and speak up. (Professionals are victims too).

https://nursing.ceconnection.com/ovi...1000-00014.pdf

Thanks,
HD7970ghz

Those who are caught are definitely penalized. Unfortunately many are not penalized enough and continue doing it.
HD7970ghz

Like the 3rd leading annual cause of death in the United States has been medical errors... Those types of numbers. It is astronomical.

HD7970ghz

Do you have records of that? For many years it’s been heart, cancer and accidents/injuries from accidents and then other illnesses follow. I’ve never seen “medical errors” being third leading cause of death in the US. Do you have statistics on that?

So you are saying some people were not penalized enough and continue doing so. How do you know? What do you mean by “enough”? Are you saying they weren’t fired? Were they written up and suspended perhaps? So when they came from suspension, are you saying they started falsifying records again? Do you know anyone in person who continues doing that after insufficient penalty? Otherwise how do you know?

Do you have records of that? For many years it’s been heart, cancer and accidents/injuries from accidents and then other illnesses follow. I’ve never seen “medical errors” being third leading cause of death in the US. Do you have statistics on that?

I disagree. Nowhere in the paper does it say that this toxic culture is normal. The paper describes the concepts and no one claims that those things don't happen but simply raising an issue does not prove that those things are normal (i.e. frequent, standard, happening all the time etc).

Similarly, talking about murders does not mean that murder is normal (frequent, standard, happening all the time).

Studies do hold this out. Various studies show the CDC’s reporting method for cause of death to be flawed. That said, not all medical error is due to errors of commission (deliberate error) nor do the studies say records are falsified. What tends to happen is cause of death is reported through diagnostic billing codes and medical error isn’t a billing code (my oversimplified explanation).

Oh I know many health care professionals, I speak to them off record. that’s why I brought up an example of one of them (among many) who had an experience with ONE person falsifying records. Maybe there were some who weren’t caught of course but medical professionals are so afraid of losing their jobs and licenses that messing with records wouldn’t even enter their minds. It’s quite easy to lose a job and state license in health care (particularly nursing) so routinely going around switching and messing medical records just isn’t what takes place.

Now of course there are unethical people out there and article has some good points that things do happen but I don’t see anything in that article suggesting that it’s common or normal. It just describes the issue. We can find articles on every topic on the planet as well as google whatever concept and we will find stuff about everything. But it won’t make it common occurrence or normal.

Studies do hold this out. Various studies show the CDC’s reporting method for cause of death to be flawed. That said, not all medical error is due to errors of commission (deliberate error) nor do the studies say records are falsified. What tends to happen is cause of death is reported through diagnostic billing codes and medical error isn’t a billing code (my oversimplified explanation).

In bold: that is exactly why they do alter medical records. Because they make so many mistakes and don't want to lose their jobs.

Thanks,
Hd7970ghz

Do you work in healthcare ArtleyWilkins. Sounds like you do.

Thank you for posting this info I actually didn't know about billing codes - I will have to research this.

Thanks,
HD7970GHZ

Hi Divine,

While I appreciate you challenging this topic, I simply will not be able to answer all the questions in the world.

What I will say is that I will not have words put in my mouth. So if you need clarification about any of what I am saying, feel free to read my survivors of unethical therapy threads.

I have personally experienced this. More than once. In more than one organization. This is unfortunately a normal thing in healthcare and I highly recommend doing your own research. That is the only way you will become satisfied with your questions.

Thanks,
Hd7970ghz