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May 19, 2016

It's already begun. Northern Kentucky University to cut over 100

faculty and staff jobs; NKU facing a $8million shortfall, including $2.2million in state funding cuts.

More at Cincinnati.com

May 16, 2016

Thank you for clearing this up, gratuitous. The original poster

of the OP has apparently stepped away.

May 16, 2016

Catholic hospitals offer many more medical services other than gynecological and

obstetrical services.
As far as I know they have radiological departments, oncology departments, general surgery, orthopedic departments, pediatric departments, etc., etc.
Shall the communities these hospitals serve lose these services as well?

May 16, 2016

+1 nt

May 15, 2016

Cincy is grateful as well that we won't experience the problems

associated with entertaining the Rs.

May 15, 2016

Technology is great - until it isn't accurate.

Not to mention the that time spent attempting to correct errors is time away from one's important tasks, and usually ends in frustration.

May 14, 2016

Incorrect diagnosis listed on electronic medical records - Removal not happening.

Middle-aged daughter's extensive medical records show her listed as "MRDD" - mental retardation developmentally delayed.
This is incorrect; she has a type of Asperger's and at times acts inappropriately and immaturely.
Now she has suffered a stroke which has left her with aphasia, as a result of which can add to the impression that she lacks mental acuity.
Following her stroke, I was asked to sign a paper on her behalf agreeing to a procedure. The paper listed MRDD along with her other conditions. I refused to sign until that designation was removed. A physician agreed that Asperger's was not MRDD.
I told him I wished the record to be corrected and that I be notified of its removal. The procedure went ahead, but, apparently, the correction was not made.
I am dealing with a huge medical complex of hospitals, physicians and their networks.

Now she is to be transferred to a skilled nursing facility, there to remain until and if she can safely take care of herself, the aphasia being a bigger problem than the physical disabilities now present.
The MRDD classification came up again and someone from the state (Medicare and Medicaid being involved) had to interview her for a determination. The state person asked her which high school she attended. Personnel from the hospital told him that he could not ask her open-ended questions (as she cannot reply due to aphasia - she understands questions but can only answer "yes", "no", "I don't know", maybe", etc.) As a result she has not been transferred until the state processes her application.

I'm extremely frustrated by this impasse and the fact that an error can be made virtually anonymously in diagnosis and be left indefinitely on a medical record, impacting the patient ad infinitum.
Any comments or solutions to this situation will be appreciated.

May 11, 2016

Whenever I see "problem solved" posted online,

it's usually following a simplistic RW post.
Unfortunate.

May 11, 2016

Is it odd that there are no recs for this OP?

It's been posted over 4 hrs. now, with 87 or more responses and not one DUer has agreed enough to recommend it to other DUers?
Very unusual, sez I.

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