A patients photo's are part of the medical chart and covered under the HIPPA Law. Antyhing done or discussed in the doctor's office is covered under this law.
Showing a patients photos is not going to change the outcome of anyones procedure since every patients case is different as each patient is effected differently. Also it's a HIPPA violation, if to post any patients picture without their consent. Check out the manudactures web site (sbmi). They explain how the treatment is performed.
FYI: as of this year sbmi changed their protocol and are no longer guaranteeing the three inch loss. we used to give pt's a free round (6 treatments more) if they were under the 3in loss but this had to be ok'd by SBMI. now, they are leaving up to the doctors themselves. we have expanded our treatments to 9 since we are seeing better results after 6.
the reason there is no guarantee is b/c the zerona company, sbmi, did away with the 3 inch guarantee. Only the manufacturer of the zerona product guaranteed the three inch loss. our doctors, medical assistants and myself (lpn) all have done the full treatment (we offer 9, i have done 18) in order to understand the product and advise our patients efficiently. this is what we feel as a practice we wanted to do, not was was mandated by the zerona company. the consent covers the dr and the patient for legal and hippa purposes. we advise pt's on their consult of the following: follow 1000-1200 cal diet, drink half your body weight in water per day if you can, 30-45 min per day of cardio, no caffeine, no alcohol, take given supplements twice a day and wear "spanx" to help narrow down the inches and help drain the lymphatic system, all stay on low salt diet b/c salt puts on water weight, no diet soda due to dark colored sodas adherence to fat cells., etc. we counsel our patients through the whole process, we do not just put them on the table and leave. i think you might have to re-look at the facility you went too, money wise and treatment protocol wise. As for the legal recourse, everything is documented in our patient charts,, measurements, when we ask you at every treatment if you are following protocol? if you are drinking water? watching calories? even though we don't have your chart in front of you at the time doesn't mean we do not document it by the end of the day. we have had some unhappy patients who have loss very little, 2-3 inches over the whole body, but they were lacking on the cardio and the calories by not watching what they were eating. so, the chart is admissible in court that's why i advise the girls to make sure they document what the pt's tell them.
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