A Cutting-edge Assessment Tool
The CRA and INTERA's web-based delivery system are truly cutting-edge technology. No other product or provider offers online psychological assessment and summative reporting tailored specifically to the needs of cosmetic surgeons. There are assessments out there that deal with one or two specific issues but they do not provide a cumulative assessment of the cosmetic surgery patient and because they were developed for use by licensed counselors and psychologists, they are not available directly to the cosmetic surgeon.
Currently physicians are assessing their patients in various ways for psychological issues prior to surgery, and all too often are not assessing for mental health problems at all. For example, in some offices the physician conducts an initial intake interview based on questions he/she has come up with, and in other cases this task is delegated to mid level staff who may have little training in psychological issues. The need for a standardized, evidence-based assessment tool which screens for mental health problems is well documented in the research. The CRA provides the solution that cosmetic surgeons, insurance companies, and your patients have been waiting for!
Some of the content domains in the CRA include:
Not only is the CRA the most affordable method of preassessment for cosmetic surgery patients and protection for aesthetic surgeons, it is also the most accessible! In fact the whole process takes only three steps!
Attention: Calling All PAs!
One of our specialty PA organizations sell a T-shirt that says;” A Surgeon’s Best Tool—A Surgical PA.” Where is the veracity in that statement? What makes this statement true? PAs serve the practice i.e.: the patient, the surgeon and the staff, in many ways but chief among them is that we are a buffer for unhappy patients and we serve as a divining tool to prevent and moderate when the threat of litigation occurs. No one wants a lawsuit nor do we wish to have unhappy patients. It is a well known fact that few people hear the hundred positive comments made about a Plastic surgeon but everyone hears that one unhappy dissatisfied voice that feels it their duty to inform the community of a poor outcome or a perceived poor outcome. Patient dissatisfaction usually has its genesis in unrealistic expectations coupled with a poor personal image and Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
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