tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post1354095746069233446..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: You don't have to say you're sorryPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-88099352435277335212007-03-28T19:00:00.000-04:002007-03-28T19:00:00.000-04:00My husband is what some call a "gifted healer". Fo...My husband is what some call a "gifted healer". For millenia, those of his profession have been made responsible by a system in which a patient whose treatment does not work is not required to pay. It's worth a moment's pause to consider to what extent the involvement of money in health care has led to damage of the physician's ego. What I mean is, we are not paid for being good human beings, but in ancient traditions, a healer is obliged by the very nature of his "supernatural" capacities to live in integrity, or he and the whole community suffer the consequences. Ring any bells?Elise and familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212057834081782287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-8275739494141637912007-03-12T22:44:00.000-04:002007-03-12T22:44:00.000-04:00I'm a medical student who used to work in OB. I th...I'm a medical student who used to work in OB. I think about this a lot. I saw physicians struggle with what to say when things went poorly, and I know that I will soon be in those shoes. I would like permission to be open and honest when I make a mistake someday. I knew physicians who felt really horrible when things went wrong, but didn't feel like they could apologize. They were told by risk management that apologizing was admitting fault and setting yourself up to lose a lawsuit. It would be great if the research said just the opposite. I would love to enter a profession that is allowed to be more honest.Terronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737715891767920516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-60170148831979263262007-03-07T11:12:00.000-05:002007-03-07T11:12:00.000-05:00A sorry would definately help. My OB scalped my b...A sorry would definately help. My OB scalped my baby's head during my c-section...I received an off the cuff 'sorry' while I was still heavily medicated, and that's all. Luckily the baby just needed a few stitches, and the only lingering problem is a scar. I was angry enough to consider litigation at the time, because I don't know what else is going to make this doctor more careful in the future. Statute of limitations has not run out yet and I think it would be a petty lawsuit - it COULD have been a bad situation, but does that warrant a malpractice suit? I waffle on that...and just hope this OB learned - I chose another OB for my next pregnancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-29278441286909992942007-03-06T11:13:00.000-05:002007-03-06T11:13:00.000-05:00The Sorry Works! Coalition has done a great deal o...The Sorry Works! Coalition has done a great deal of education and research in this area.<BR/><BR/>They're at www.sorryworks.net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-28869202828929640212007-03-06T09:38:00.000-05:002007-03-06T09:38:00.000-05:00I don't know of other programs, but I have heard p...I don't know of other programs, but I have heard people comment many times that someone who had hurt them "never even said he was sorry" I think it would go a long way to ease relations. As a matter of fact, I recently wrote the MBTA about something similar. whenever they announce a problem, they say "Please pardon the inconvenience." Since I have no other choice but to stay on, get off or whatever and be inconvenienced, I can't pardon it. But if they said "We apologize for inconveniencing you." it might take the edge off.<BR/>Saying you're sorry is not a sinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-40881399962168004912007-03-06T08:53:00.000-05:002007-03-06T08:53:00.000-05:00Michigan Health System has a simlar team and a mod...Michigan Health System has a simlar team and a model system for dealing with what to do when something bad happens. See http://www.acpenet.org/MembersOnly/pejournal/2006/March_April/Articles/2Weber.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com