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DMK:
Ahhhhh, the beauty of doing things via computer!  Aren't you just so excited at the prospect of all providers going to EHR (electronic health records)!   "I'm sorry, but we have no record of you......no, you didn't just have coronary bypass surgery.....no, I'm not finding it in the system....I'll transfer you to my supervisor in Bangladesh, one moment please, your call is very important to us!"     

Can you smell the sarcasm?

Michele:
Do they have wine in Bangladesh?

PMRNC:

--- Quote ---"I'm sorry, but we have no record of you......no, you didn't just have coronary bypass surgery.....no, I'm not finding it in the system....I'll transfer you to my supervisor in Bangladesh, one moment please, your call is very important to us!"
--- End quote ---

LOL  Well I've already had 2 problems with my kids doctor over EHR. In fact I've been researching on whether a patient can opt out or not.. so far all I can find are provider rules.. nothing about patient's rights? I don't want EHR..I don't want to take chances.. I would rather get good ol fashion records from my doctors! JMO

midwifebiller:
I agree!  And that is why I request hard copies of all medical records--and billing records--for each family member.  Too many mistakes. When my son was 6 years old, he was hospitalized for testing for possible diabetes.  The tests came back negative, but the receptionist (yes, the receptionist) coded the claim 250.10 - Diabetes with ketoacidosis.  Big difference!

PMRNC:
Yeah, I want NO part of my records being transferred around that way..NONE..  There has to be a way for consumer/patient's to OPT out.  I took my daughter for some blood work, and the receptionist put us in the room and brought up her record on a screen, left room..we sat there for an hour and then finally I went to someone and said..hey why are we still here?? The doctor came in and sat down and said, Oh yes we have to discuss some of these tests..and proceeded to tell us that her medication was not really working and we needed to switch...?? talk about confused.. I said "Doc, we didn't have the blood work yet" and he says..Oh yes she did..it's right here.. see?   UMM no, I don't care what your little computer says..she didn't have blood drawn you idiot! And the medication he mentioned.. for a heart condition!  It was her name on the screen, her DATE of birth..for all intense purposes THAT was her electronic medical record... I ended up leaving because the doctor was more interested in his EHR record being RIGHT that he wouldn't listen so we got up and walked away but not before I could tell him that he had better get to the bottom of the confusion and errors in her record and get back to me when it was fixed.  I called 2 weeks later after getting another doctor who DID not have EHR and they told me "Yes it was fixed" but I still have no way to know unless I request it? Like I said, I'm still researching this and trying to figure a way to opt out and get a copy of that EHR..it is mine isn't it?

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