But numerous reports from home and school should be taken seriously and evaluation should occur in several settings. He concedes, however, that this takes the kind of time and effort that most physicians don't have and most insurers won't pay for. This is not about doing a blood test or a throat culture. Continuing diagnostic challenges Medical organizations should lobby for adequate reimbursement, but there are also other ways to improve the situation, Dr. Kessler said. You've got to involve your staff very heavily in collecting information.
Receptionists can administer questionnaires.
Nurses can score them. But the process is complicated by the fact that there is no one perfect diagnostic test. And there's never going to be a perfect scan telling us what we should do. She runs a bilingual ADHD program targeting Hispanics. We have a team that looks at medical issues, language issues and social issues and then we get together to make a diagnosis.