Will instruct attendees on use of the Pain Validity Test questionnaire available over the Internet, which can predict the presence of abnormal medical testing with 95% accuracy, and predict who will not have medical abnormalities with 85%-100% accuracy.
This test has always been admitted in court in 9 states. Then the Pain Diagnostic Test gives diagnoses with a 96% correlation with those of Johns Hiopkins Hospital doctors and results can be copied and pasted into the chart, thereby eliminating typing and dictation. When these tests were performed, 63% of the patients needed spinal surgery. Also, 60%-74% of patients with cervical injuries have undiagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI). The attorney asks the treating doctor or the expert witness to administer these tests.
Patients who do not get well are often called as "fraudulent" when in fact they are misdiagnosed 40%-80% of the time. This lecture will explain methods used by Johns Hoipkins Hospital to detect patients with a valid complaint of pain, This questionnaire was developed by Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors, and has always has been admitted as evidence in 9 states, in over 30 cases. It takes only 5 minutes of secretarial time to administer over the Internet. Once the valid complaint of pain has been established, additional medical intervention was indicated.
The chairman of neurosurgery at Johns Hoopkins Hospital evaluated 70 patients "diagnosed" with whiplash or sprains, because their MRI,. CT and X-rays were normal. These patients were given an Internet based questionnaire which produces diagnoses with a 96% correlation with diagnoses of Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors. Then, based on these diagnoses, the results recommend testing using the Johns Hopkins Hospital protocols.
These results can be copied and pasted into the chart, eliminating typing and dictation for the physician, and saving a lot of time. When the recommendations were followed, 95% of the patients previously diagnosed with whiplash needed interventional tests, such as facet blocks and root blocks. When these tests were performed, 63% of the patients needed spinal surgery. Also, 60%-74% of patients with cervical injuries have undiagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI), 65% has thoracic outlet syndrome, 35% had slipping rib syndrome, and Tietze's Syndrome, and 56% had TMJ.