Sample test result from the Pain Validity Test from www.InternetMedicalEvaluations.com for an objective pain patient

1. Scheduled Test Information
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Today's Date : Apr 20, 2010
Prefix:
First Name: Keith
Middle Initial : X
Last Name: XXXXX
Suffix :
Street Address (2) : XXXXXXX
Street Address :
City : XXXXXXX
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Country : United States
My Home State or Province : New Jersey
Page Postal Code : XXXXXXX
Phone Number: ( ) -
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Client Company : Free Test User
Logout Claim / Account Number: 5555
Authorization Number : 100002902
 Test Language : English
Test To Take : Pain Validity Test (tm)
Test Scheduled to be taken between : 04/20/2010 -04/21/2010
Test Completed : 04/20/2010
Test Status : Completed
Test Score : 15.000000
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Test Messages :
Scoring Category: Objective Pain Patient
Interpretation: Based on the above score, the claimant is categorized as
an Objective Pain Patient. The PVT was originally validated on 796
chronic pain patients, with the results published in seven peer-reviewed
articles in medical and other journals. As documented in the most recent of

2. these articles, 95% of the time claimants categorized as Objective Pain
Patients by the PVT will have moderate or severe pathology corresponding
to their complaint of chronic pain on at lease one objective diagnostic test
or laboratory study such as an MRI, EMG, nerve velocity conduction
study, facet blocks, peripheral nerve blocks, root blocks, neuromter (CPT),
myelogram, CT, 3D-CT, provocative discogram, X-ray or bone scan, and
other tests.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Diagnostic Paradigm (DP)
and Treatment Algorithm (TA) be administered to this patient. This is
because 40%-67% of chronic pain patients are misdiagnosed. The DP&TA
provides diagnoses, for the source of the pain experienced by patients who
have real medical problems but are not getting well. The DP&TA has a
95% correlation with diagnoses of Johns Hopkins Hospital staff members.
It also outlines the most appropriate courses of diagnostic studies and
treatments for such patients. These treatment algorithms begin with the
least expensive and least invasive diagnostic test and treatments and then
progress through a series of increasingly complex diagnostic tests and
treatments. By following the recommended course of tests and treatments,
treating physicians can expect results comparable to those obtained at one
of the country's leading pain clinics.
These results are intended to provide information that will assist an insurer or other payer
in evaluating a claim. They should not be used as the sole basis for accepting or denying a
claim. The test results do not constitute medical advice or a diagnosis, and the test is not
intended to be a substitute for a medical examination. Test users should exercise their own
professional judgment when evaluating the usefulness of the test results.
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