Requests to Fill

Listed, in no particular order, are the kinds of paperwork doctors deal with on a daily basis:

• Eligibility for employment insurance forms

• Sending out appointments for the RHA – a patient is booked by the RHA for something and the appointment is forwarded to the Family Doctor to send to the patient …don’t ask me why

• Rewriting “Expired Requisitions” – returned because they have “expired” - who knew Lab Reqs had a best before date?

• Rewriting Requisitions for Patients Who Didn’t Show for an Appointment – that’s right, if you don’t show up for an appointment, the Family Doctor has to rewrite the requisition for whatever you missed

• Looking up test parameters for the DI department – you need a test done, the Diagnostic imaging department makes the Family Doctor look up the blood tests they need to perform the test … for them.

• Requests for Specialist Consultation

  • Some Specialties/Specialists have their own particular forms that must be used

  • Some want a referral every time they are asked to see a patient

• Special Authorization Forms – in order to discourage some tests from being ordered, in addition to the ordering paperwork, you have to fill out additional paperwork detailing why the patient needs the thing done

• Lawyers Letters – do you see all those ads on TV from personal injury lawyers? Who do you think does the paperwork for this law suites?

• Insurance Forms and Letters

• Sick Notes

  • Off Work Notes

  • Return to work notes

  • Functional Assessment Forms

  • Workplace accommodations forms

• Whatever Workers Compensation is now called where you live Forms – they have their own forms that have to be filled in.

• Social Sevices Letters – if the patent is receiving income supplementation, all manner of letters are required for a dizzying amount of gear. My favourites so far, a letter stating the patient needs a new:

  • Bed

  • Mattress

  • Toilet Seat

• A letter stating proof of address for a patient – patients are looking for confirmation for lawyer of where kids lived between certain dates during separation

• Disability Tax Credit – recommended by many accountants and tax preparation types, this sixteen (16) page form is designed not to grant a disability tax credit. Go have a look at it yourself.

• Prescription renewals

• Canada Pension Forms

• Driver’s Medicals