Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records 659
Lucas123 writes "While electronic medical records (EMR) may contain your health information, most physicians think you should only be able to add information to them, not get access to all of the contents. A survey released this week of 3,700 physicians in eight countries found that only 31% of them believe patients should have full access to their medical record; 65% believe patients should have only limited access. Four percent said patients should have no access at all. The findings were consistent among doctors surveyed in eight countries: Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain and the United States."
Re:Conspiracy! (Score:5, Funny)
The price tag
Re:Access your doctor's server using a HOST file (Score:4, Funny)
Re:But no mention of why. (Score:3, Funny)
Because you don't need it; now stop acting like a 3 year old with all this 'why' nonsense!
What I did about this (Score:1, Funny)
Years ago (HS/college), my old doctor wouldn't let my have my records, after I decided to switch. He had asked for a prostate exam. So I waited till an hour before the appointment and slammed a pound of apple sauce.
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He never spoke to me again after that.
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I felt his business was going downhill fast and I was right he went to prison a year later.
The difference between doctors and god (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Conspiracy! (Score:5, Funny)
Or,
"I'm not going to do test X because the lab I own doesn't sell that service, but I'll send him for an extra MRI because I've got a boat payment to make".
Re:Fuck the medical profession (Score:4, Funny)
Well at least you seem totally mentally balanced now...
Re:Fuck the medical profession (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder what hidden gems are in his medical notes.
Re:I develop an EHR (Score:4, Funny)
Like most things, it would benefit from being managed by Git :-)
Re:Conspiracy! (Score:2, Funny)
Welcome to Slashdot, Dr. House!
Oh, and since you're here, I do have one question: is it TRULY NEVER Lupus?
Re:Conspiracy! (Score:5, Funny)
That's not what the book says...
1) Quoting directly from the manual... "When Counseling and/or coordination of care dominates (more than 50%) the physician / patient... encounter, then time may be considered...
2) The actual code 99215 (level 5 existing patient office visit" reads "Physician's *typically* spend 40 minutes face-to-face". That statement only is applicable if #1 above applies. If not "...requires 2 of three key components". Typical doesn't mean every visit. Also I quoted the 5 minute visit for a level 4 visit. In a stable diabetic, treating a skin infection (for instance) may only take 5 minutes, which is enough time for a detailed history of the illness and the medical decision making which is of moderate complexity -- thus its a 99214 if all the physician does is write an antibiotic script.
Medicare alone has about 250 pages on how to code an E&M (office) visit, from two separate policy manuals, and most insurance companies (every one I've ever dealt with) use Medicare's definition. The CPT manuals I've looked at usually just barely touch the surface of the full regulations.