Another aspect of bullying is that the perpetrator doesn't recognize what he's doing.

2008-8-29

"THIS AFTERNOON I RECEIVED A POST IT NOTE IN THE READING ROOM ASKING HOW I WANTED TO BE NOTIFIED OF EEGs S TO BE INTERPRETEDTO BE INTERPRETED OVER THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I GUESS I THOUGHT THIS PROCEDURE, AS LEAST FOR MYSELF, WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED BUT JUST IN CASE NOT PLEASE REVIEW THE NOTES BELOW WITH ALL EEG TECHS AND IF ANY QUESTIONS PERHAPS WE SHOULD MET TO CLARIFY.

1. WHEN THE TECH IS NOTIFIED OF AN EEG TO BE DONE I WANT TO BE PAGED WITH A TEXT MESSAGE INDICATING THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF COMPLETION. THIS CAN BE DONE BY CALLING THE MUNSON OPERATOR AT 935-5000.

2. THEN WHEN THE EEG HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DOWNLOADED PLEASE SEND A SECOND PAGE TO INDICATE THE EXAM IS READY TO BE INTERPRETED AND REQUEST THAT I CALL TECH TO CONFIRM THAT I HAVE RECEIVED THE MESSAGES.

3. IF ANY SIGNIFICANT DELAY OCCURS IN THE EXAM AN ADDITIONAL PAGE TO INFORM ME WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

4. IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS RE CONTACTING ME REGULAR LAND LINE CALLS TO MY HOME AT 946-5611 OR TO MY INFREQUENTLY ANSWERED CELL 734-474-7683 COULD ALSO BE ATTEMPTED. AND IN ADDITION EMAILING ME AT MCSALON@GMAIL..COM OR SREC@CHARTERINTERNET.COM MIGHT ALSO BE ATTEMPTED.

AS ALWAYS MORE INFORMATION THAN NECESSARY IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN INSUFFICIENT INFO."

My blog http://ping.fm/WUJBu is where you will find the entire posting.

There must be other analogies to bullying. Perhaps someone banging on a gavel repetitively, without stopping. Ordinarily, the goal is to get quiet or perhaps to get attention, but if the gavel-banging goes on and on, without purpose, then it is similar to bullying.

2008-9-14

"A PATIENT HIELERORMSBEE IS ON MY LIST. I HAVE NO PAPERWORK. WHEN WAS THIS DONE? I WAS NOT NOTIFIED

SEEMS WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS OF PATIENTS BEING PROPERLY SET UP FOR INTERPRETATION. SEE ALSO PREVIOUS EMAILRE 2 PATIENTS NOT ON THE READER. "

"A PATIENT HIELERORMSBEE IS ON MY LIST. I HAVE NO PAPERWORK. WHEN WAS THIS DONE? I WAS NOT NOTIFIED

SEEMS WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS OF PATIENTS BEING PROPERLY SET UP FOR INTERPRETATION. SEE ALSO PREVIOUS EMAILRE 2 PATIENTS NOT ON THE READER. "

It can be difficult to understand the concept that, while none of the emails meets bullying standards, the series does. I'd use an analogy: each individual brush-strokes does not make a painting, but all the brush-strokes do.

2010-5-7

"ONCE AGAIN THERE ARE ERRORS IN MY TIMECARD FOR EEG INTERPRETATIONS.

1. MY FIGURES INDICATE 15 REGULAR INTERPRETATIONS, NOT 13

2. MY FIGURES INDICTE 3 CAROTID INTERPRETATIONS, NOT 1

I HAVE REVIEWED THESE DATA WITH THE TECH OF THE DAY PEGGY. SOME OF THESE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ASCRIBED TO DR EVANS INSTEAD OF MYSELF.

PLEASE REVIEW THIS ADDITIONAL DISCREPANCY AND FORWARD CORRECTED DATA AND ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO MYSELF IN A SUPPLEMENTAL CHECK SO IT WILL NOT BE CONFUSING AT THE TIME OF THE NEXT SCHEDULED PAY PERIOD COMPENSATION.

IS THERE NOT SOME WAY TO HAVE TECHS OR WHOMEVER CORRECTLY ANNOTATE INTERPRETERS REGARDLESS OF WHO IS ON THE CALL SHEET WHICH IS FREQUENTLY CHANGED AND SOMETIMES NOT UP TO DATE? PLEASE!"

These emails are all from one person.

Another important aspect of bullying is the pattern, in addition to the repetition. In other words, you may see each individual email as within boundaries, but the sum of the emails is bullying.

2010-5-14

"YESTERDAY I REQUESTED AND OLD TRACING 09-750 BE LOADED ONTO THE ACTIVE DATABSE SO THAT I COULD COMPARE THE EXAM WITH A NEW STUDY ON THIS PATIENT 46-12-44.

TODAY I RECEIVED A POST IT NOTE (UNSIGNED) THAT STATES "WE CANNOT ACCESS THE DISK THIS STUDY IS ON SORRY."

PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL RE THE FOLLOWING QUERIES.

1. WHY IS THE DATA INACCESSIBLE? IS IT MISSING, CORRUPT OR WHAT?

2. ARE THERE OTHER SIMILAR INSTANCES OF MISSING DATA--IF SO PLEASE ENUMERATE.

3. HAVE ATTEMPTS BEEN MADE TO CORRECT THIS AND OTHER SIMILAR DEFICIENCIES?

THANKS"

This is another email. Is it bullying?

Brad

Bullying? (August 7, 2010)

"thanks for interpreting the ssep on my icu patient today.
however there does seems to be a lack of communication re when these studies can be ordered and expected to
be interpreted. this same patient could have had the exam on Friday but no ep trained tech was available. I
would request that a mechanism be put in place to notify on call neurologists when ssep studies cannot be
done due either to tech or interpreter unavailability. it is not good to tell a family you have an exam that may help
them with decisions and then not to be able to provide the service promptly. thanks"

ep is evoked potentials; ssep stands for somatosensory evoked potentials.

It's part of the definition of bullying that it's a repetitive activity. One problem when you're facing a bullying situation is that some episodes have passed before you realize what's going on. If you complain about the bullying, you may be asked: Why now? With the other episodes, you did not complain.

Boss-employee bullying http://huff.to/9qe1Td