An ailing patient should have easy access to his or her doctor’s record of treating similarly afflicted patients. Through gaining such access, the ailing patient may better determine whether the doctor is competent to treat that medical condition.
The following statement argues that sick patients should have access to their doctor's treatment plan for patients with similar sicknesses as a means to examine their doctor's competency and knowledge in regards to their personal case. While this statement may seem logical, this strategy could not be successful because of several healthcare policies.
First, the statement disregards a staple healthcare policy of doctor-patient confidentiality. In the American Healthcare system, every patient signs a HIPA Waiver, in which they acknowledge the healthcare system will not share their personal medical records to anyone except for those directly involved in the patient's treatment. The state only makes exceptions for those whom the signer explicitly states can obtain their medical records (i.e. family members, friends). By allowing patients access to other patients' medical records, this would be violating the HIPA policy. Overall, making the strategy impossible to employ.
Second, the statement also disregards the rigorous education and training that doctors pursue in order to obtain their license and practice medicine. In order to become a qualified and competent doctor, one must first obtain a bachelor's degree that fulfills all pre-requisites for medical school (i.e. biology, chemistry, etc.), then must attend a 4-year medical school program in which they learn the foundation of medicine. Once, one has graduated from medical school, one must finish residency where they will receive hands-on experience of the topics and subjects of which they studied prior. From there, one can choose whether to continue on to more specificity or start practicing medicine. In between these stages are several different levels of testing as well where doctors cannot pass onto the next stage without passing the test.This whole process is up to 10 years of schooling post high school. The thoroughness of the medical education is to create assurance for patients that their doctor is as competent as possible. For this reason,the level and quality of education and years of practice are a much more accurate sign of a doctor's competency than their past patient's record.
Third, despite patient's having similar illnesses, a sickness can manifest in different patients in different ways which can result in various symptoms, medications, procedures. Every patient varies in biology, career, diet, social environment, etc. All these aspects can and will affect the way in which a sickness appears on a person. In some cases, one patient's immune system is stronger than others, and as a result may fight a sickness and recover faster than others. This is not an indication of a doctor's competency.
The logic of this statement stems from the understanding that to past can be used to better predict the future can help aid the present. However, from the medical education alone of a doctor, this logic is already addressed. Doctors do not practice medicine blindly. They study previous case-studies of actual patients. Therefore, the doctor has competent knowledge and experience in most illnesses just through their education alone. Years of practice only strengthen this notion.
In conclusion, the best strategy to asses the competency of a doctor to treat a particular medical condition would not be in reviewing past medical records, but explore the doctor's educational background.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 200, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: regarding; with regard to
... their doctors competency and knowledge in regards to their personal case. While this stateme...
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Line 2, column 310, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'patients'' or 'patient's'?
Suggestion: patients'; patient's
...cept for those directly involved in the patients treatment. The state only makes excepti...
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Line 3, column 723, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'several'.
Suggestion: several
...g medicine. In between these stages are several different levels of testing as well where doctors...
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Line 3, column 838, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: This
...the next stage without passing the test.This whole process is up to 10 years of scho...
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Line 3, column 1046, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...s competent as possible. For this reason,the level and quality of education and year...
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Line 3, column 1139, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'doctors'' or 'doctor's'?
Suggestion: doctors'; doctor's
...tice are a much more accurate sign of a doctors competency than their past patients rec...
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Line 4, column 351, Rule ID: ONE_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use the numeral 'one' with plural words. Did you mean 'one patient', 'a patient', or simply 'patients'?
Suggestion: one patient; a patient; patients
...ess appears on a person. In some cases, one patients immune system is stronger than others, ...
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Line 4, column 503, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'doctors'' or 'doctor's'?
Suggestion: doctors'; doctor's
... others. This is not an indication of a doctors competency. The logic of this statemen...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, then, therefore, third, well, while, except for, in conclusion, as a result, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 19.5258426966 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 33.0505617978 103% => OK
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2860.0 2235.4752809 128% => OK
No of words: 526.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.43726235741 5.05705443957 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78901763229 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.760388188 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 270.0 215.323595506 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513307984791 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 873.0 704.065955056 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.740449438202 0% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.38483146067 228% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.1364165961 60.3974514979 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.0 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2307692308 23.4991977007 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.30769230769 5.21951772744 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.260502929573 0.243740707755 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0741111990412 0.0831039109588 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.059493042345 0.0758088955206 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.146852408276 0.150359130593 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0289078598269 0.0667264976115 43% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 14.1392134831 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.27 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.95 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 144.0 100.480337079 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.