8th GRADE MATH
October 12th, 2009 by Jon Porter | Print
More and more I am seeing both TMB experts and Board members and staff arguing that a doctor’s medical records are deficit because the records fail to provide expressed justification or rationale for medical treatments, labs, consults and testing.
TMB is demanding that doctors justify what you are doing. Your medicine may be right, but if you don’t show the “why” some Board consultants, members and staff will find your records are deficient. I liken this to Eight Grade math. Take 144 ÷ 12 , you know it’s 12. Well in Eight Grade math, the teacher would mark you wrong because you didn’t show your work. If you have written
12
12 / 144
144
0
That would be right because you showed your work. Think about this with your medical records.