All,

Just a heads up, spoke with Hala Karnib, one of the Pulmonary Fellows and she requested if we have any lung masses (not just your basic pulmonary nodule repeat CT 3-6 months), that they be called and notified.
If these patients don’t require admission, they are able to and prefer to set them up for close follow up with Bronchoscopy, even within a couple days.
We had a patient yesterday who had been seen last summer in our ED for an unrelated complaint but ended up having a Lung Mass diagnosed; she was notified of this but didn’t really have follow up set up (though she had a PCP). This isn’t necessarily our fault, but had she been plugged into the Pulm system they would have contacted her to ensure she wasn’t lost to follow up (which she was and now presents with worsened metastatic cancer).
At least per her, they’d like to be called about these patients anytime. Thanks,

Ross