Thursday, April 28, 2011

Random dialing?

My cell phone rings. It's the hospital ID.

Dr. Grumpy: "This is Dr. Grumpy."

Dr. Noclue: "Hi, I'm the hospitalist taking care of Mrs. Lois Lane, and I need to refer her to you, for outpatient follow-up."

Dr. Grumpy: "Okay, how can I help?"

Dr. Noclue: "Do you take Major Illness Insurance?"

Dr. Grumpy: "Yes."

Dr. Noclue: "Okay, I will give her your number and have her see you in a week. One more question, if I may."

Dr. Grumpy: "Sure."

Dr. Noclue: "What is your specialty?"
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14 comments:

  1. JulieApril 28, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    WOW ... um, he's referring her for what?

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  2. rnraquelApril 28, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    Huh?

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  3. Grumpy, M.D.April 28, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Yeah. Had no idea. Didn't care either, just wanted to be able to tell the patient what kind of doctor she'd be following up with.

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  4. hyperCRYPTICalApril 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    Inquisitive mind. I like that.

    Anna :o]

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  5. OMDGApril 28, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Gives me so much faith in drs. Really.

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  6. A Doc 2 BeApril 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    You could have said proctologist searching Dr. NC's head.

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  7. BaffledApril 28, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    Let's play ditch the patient.

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  8. Kat's KatsApril 28, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Did you ask him how long he'd been up?

    disem - 1 - the brain capacity of a physician in proportion to the number of hours on duty. 2 - the brain capacity of a patient in proportion to the number of pain level (current level is 7, we had storms all day yesterday).

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  9. kristen77April 28, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    Be afraid! Very afraid! I thought
    only patients gave you heartburn!
    To think I thought the on-call referal denoted your specialty!

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  10. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    You told him dermatology, right?

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  11. Nurse KApril 28, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    I'll bet it was some resident and the attending told him to call Dr. Grumpy and set-up follow-up, but didn't say why or for what.

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  12. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    did you tell him "Herding yaks in Mongolia" or did you fib?

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  13. The MotherMay 2, 2011 at 11:30 PM

    You're so brilliant, you can fix anything!

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  14. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    "What specialty would you like me to be?"

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So wadda you think?