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The continuity of patient care is another part of our healthcare system that has been lost in the great race to spread healthcare payments around to as many different "specialists" as possible. While Medicare singles out independent physicians for fraudulent charging for services, Medicare never seems interested in multiple disjointed visits with no continuity of care for the patients.

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It is amazing how often this happens.

Too much information buried under too many words!

My favorite principal is to keep it short, sharp and simple.

When I get reports from hospitals and other doctors running to more than a page I cringe......

That way chaos and confusion lies.

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I have noticed that records from Massachusetts General Hospital are much shorter than the ones from my rural Maine hospitals

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I've missed a suspicious breast lesion buried in huge word salad of 2 pages, not in conclusion. Thankfully non malignant.

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My referrals are 3 or 4 lines of main points, and past history and medication.

I like the replies to be similar.

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A bit like the common Lawyer tactic of burying the opposition in boxes of information hiding the page they need!

But in Medicine's case it is not deliberate, just incompetent!

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Could have been me.

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