Posts Tagged ‘Pain Management Denton’

Post Office Doctors

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

WOLMED treats patients who were injured working for the post office. Since 2008, the medical doctors at WOLMED have treated 134 people who work for the United States Postal Service. Federal workers comp has different rules than state workers comp. A doctor who treats patients under the Department of Labor must be more highly specialized in those federal rules than doctors who treat only state workers comp.

Federal workers comp has special forms that must be filled out and submitted to the DOL and to the employer. If these forms are not filled out correctly and on-time, it could cause serious problems for the injured worker, including loss of pay, loss of injury benefits, and loss of job.

If you’re hurt at work for the post office, you need to choose your doctor very carefully. There are a lot of really good doctors out there, but if your doctor doesn’t specialize in federal workers comp and doesn’t understand the rules that injured postal employees and other injured federal workers must follow, you could have a lot of problems – other than the injury itself.

WOLMED does specialize in federal workers compensation. We understand the rules set forth by the Department of Labor and we pride ourselves in having excellent patient outcomes and excellent patient satisfaction scores. Our patients get better. They are happy. And – they don’t experience the hassles that are possible when the doctor isn’t a federal workers comp expert.

If you or someone you know was injured working for the post office or any other federal agency, choose WOLMED for the treatment of your federal workers comp injury.

We want to be your doctor!

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More Great Patient Feedback

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

If you read our blogs, you know that we are constantly monitoring how well we are doing at meeting the needs of our patients.  We have an ongoing survey that lets patients rate us from1 (bad) to 5 (excellent) on our performance.  The last 15 patients that rated us gave us perfect 5′s in every area!  Some of the comments that were written about us by actual patients were:

Great medical care vith a very friendly staff.

You are always professional and sweet. 

Your availability is beyond amazing.

My husband and I are lucky to have ya’ll around.

Dr. Wolski and staff rock!

You are wonderful.

You guys are awesome!

WOL+MED is the best clinic ever!

Dr. Helsten, Janet, and all staff are superior.

Great service!

Lovely staff and doctor.

We really appreciate all of this great feedback and we hope that others will see this and decide to give us a try too.  We love giving excellent service!

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Positive Patient Feedback

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Recently, WOL+MED has become aware of the many places on the internet that patients can go to and rate their doctors.  The majority of things said about WOL+MED doctors is very positive, and even enthusiastic in many cases.  Unfortunately, these sites are not able to verify that comments were made by actual patients of the doctor they are rating, or that the ratings are based on actual experiences with the doctors.  Nevertheless, the feedback can be very valuable.

One website that allows people to rate doctors uses a 4-star system.  Here, Dr. Wolski is rated very favorably, especially from people who we have been able to verify as actual patients of WOL+MED.  There was also a bad review on there by a person who we were able to identify as someone who never had an experience with WOL+MED because they were never a patient here.  So, to be fair to anyone who is interested in getting actual, true feedback from people who have actually been patients at WOL+MED, we did our own study using the same parameters as those used on the web. 

Here’s what we found from a survey of 32 active WOL+MED patients.  Patients were asked to rate the doctor on a 5 point scale where 5 is excellent and 1 is bad.

Ease of Appointment – 4.93 out of 5.

Courteous Staff – 4.93 out of 5.

Accurate Diagnosis – 4.93 out of 5.

Follow Up – 4.9 out of 5.

Bedside Manner – 4.84 out of 5.

Spends Time With Me – 4.75 out of 5

As you can see, actual patients at WOL+MED are very happy with the doctors and staff at WOL+MED.  Now, take a look at the enthusiastic feedback these patients gave us.

Margaret is so wonderful!  She takes time to listen and makes you feel comfortable in the process.

Dr. Shultz is the best.  His concern for treatment is very caring and he goes above and beyond to help.

Love this place and the people.

Simply the best!

Wonderful operation.  No other clinic like yours.  Multitude of services is appreciated.

I wish all doctors were just as caring as Dr. Helsten.

The Doctor and staff are wonderful.

Staff is awesome.

I Love WOL+MED!

I love WOL+MED.  They have been great to me and helpful with getting me better from my injuries.

The staff here and care that I received at WOL+MED has been first rate and I recommend you to all my colleagues.  Thanks!

Always great service and nice people.

If anyone has a doubt as to how patients feel about the doctors and staff at WOL+MED, just remember the feedback from our actual patients.  There’s a very good reason that WOL+MED’s #1 source of new patients is from the referrals of our existing patients.  So, if you were hurt at work or in a car wreck, or if you or a family member is sick, give WOL+MED doctors a try.  We really do want to be your doctor and we’re committed to making you happy to choose and recommend us.

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Pain Affects Over 76 Million Americans

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

A study published by the American Pain Foundation reports that over 76 million Americans suffer from pain.  The study found that pain actually affects about 1 1/2 times as many people as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer COMBINED.   Adults age 45 to 64 are most likely to experience pain, with slightly more women than men experiencing pain.  Most startling of all of the data is that 42% of people in pain report experiencing pain for more than one year. 

20% of adults said that pain interrupted their sleep at least a few nights per week.  The most common source of pain was low back pain, followed by severe headaches and migraines, and neck pain.  Adults with low back pain were found to be more than 4 times more likely to experience serious psychological distress than those without low back pain.

The final part of the study describes the sad reality that so many people never get treated for their pain symptoms or wait until their symptoms are as bad as possible before seeing a doctor.  This happens for lots of reasons, but none of them are good ones.  If you’re experiencing pain, call your doctor.  If pain is keeping you awake at night, call your doctor.  If pain has made you feel depressed, call your doctor.  If your pain won’t go away, call your doctor.   Don’t let pain take control of your life – call your doctor.

WOL+MED CARF Pain Management has been a good solution for hundreds of other people who have suffered from persistent, chronic pain symptoms.  Our medical doctors can help you TODAY.  Don’t be one of those people who continue to suffer without getting help.  Call your doctor.  Call WOL+MED.

Denton: (940) 484-7000, Dallas:  (972) 572-5000

For more information on this pain study, go to http://www.painfoundation.org/newsroom/reporter-resources/pain-facts-figures.html.

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WOL+MED Earns Maximum CARF Accreditation

Friday, December 11th, 2009

WOL+MED has earned its 3rd straight maximum CARF accreditation for Pain Management, Work Hardening, and Work Conditioning.  CARF stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehab Facilities.  This is the international “Gold Standard” in rehabilitation.  By the end of the current accreditation period, WOL+MED will have been accredited for a full decade.  To become CARF accredited, a medical / physical therapy facility has to meet or exceed hundreds of standards for excellence.  Among these standards are those requiring accessibility into the rehab programs, tracking of excellent outcomes, patient satisfaction, maintaining an excellent medical team, effective business operations, maintaining a safe treatment environment, and much more.  CARF accreditation is an ongoing effort which means that WOL+MED is committed to always providing the highest level of service to its patients and their families.  We don’t have to be CARF accredited.  After all, it’s really hard.  We do it because we know that it makes us better and because we know that it’s important to our patients.

At last check, WOL+MED has the only CARF accredited Pain Management program between Dallas and St. Louis, Missouri (traveling along I-35).  We’re proud of our program and of our patients’ results.  The majority of people who complete our programs get better and are able to get their life back.  With our continued CARF accreditation, we’re committed to that high level of excellence.

If you know someone who suffers with chronic pain or they haven’t gotten the results they expect from other places, please tell them about WOL+MED’s CARF accredited pain management program.  Go to our web site and read the testimonials from other patients who experienced success with WOL+MED.  We can help.

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