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["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

We work in the veterinary medical field and 98% of our work is with 
swine diseases
including some feed additive safety evaluations.  We provide pictures of 
all the lesions
that we see as part of the report we provide to farms.  It definitely 
takes more of our
time than it would to give a pathomorphologic description in English and 
Chinese
but we believe in transparency even though it might expose us somehow, 
realizing
that some things in pathology are art.

We are providing service and we think the best way is to be as transparent
as possible in everything that we do.

Stonewalling and secrecy generally breed contempt.
We try to be at our best even when we dont feel like it.

It is true that our subjects have economic value only and they are 
expendable
and the pigs are unlikely to see us in court.  But I think that even in
situations where there are emotions as with pets, and where there are
real human concerns about quality of care for human patients, transparency
and participation of all those concerned in the diagnositic and
evaluative process generally creates good will and cooperation and
good outcomes.


On 3:59, CHRISTIE GOWAN wrote:
> Hi Clay,
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> Most hospitals have a tissue committee that makes decisions about surgical specimens. These decisions become hospital policy. Most hospitals state that once a specimen is removed it essentially becomes the property of the hospital. Release of specimens is usually after it has been accessioned and grossed in for pathology reveiw. There is usually a form for that type of release. The hospital would be at risk if they let the specimen leave without following hospital policy. I am not saying it is right or wrong but I can see the logic in it. Once the specimen has been processed through the hospitals pathology department then blocks and slides can be requested for 2nd opinions. Good luck in your search for answers.
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> Christie Gowan
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> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:38:10 +0000
> From: claymilks <@t> hotmail.com
> Subject: [Histonet] (no subject)
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> I need a little help on a Patient’s rights question.
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> It is my understanding that when a patient has a procedure, the patient has the right to request that those specimens be examined by a laboratory of their choosing.  i.e. EGD, colonoscopy, etc
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> I am in Arkansas.
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> My father had a procedure yesterday at a local hospital.  I manage a pathology laboratory that specializes in the type of tissue that the procedure procured.  When it was requested that the tissue be sent to my laboratory, the hospital staff refused to fulfill the request.  We asked multiple times for a release form so my father could take his tissue with him.  The administration employee we spoke to said there was no such thing and that patients were not allowed to take their specimens. One employee going so far as stating that if we wanted the tissue sent somewhere aside from their contracted laboratory, that the procedure would be canceled and my father would have to go somewhere else.   My father, not wanting to cause a fuss, let the issue go.
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> Questions:
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> Is it legal for a hospital to require that tissue specimens be sent to a lab they are contracted with?
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> Are there any other actions we could have taken to make our requests be honored?
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> This is not meant to insult the hospital, but to give an explanation of the situation for context in answering the questions.
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