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How about transparency of medical records - i.e. if I provide some credentials, can I definitively get a copy of my medical history so that I can easily take it
by dakom 8y ago
How about transparency of medical records - i.e. if I provide some credentials, can I definitively get a copy of my medical history so that I can easily take it with me to another country/hospital?
By definitively I mean within some federal regulation or system that doesn't depend on an employee at a particular hospital getting around to it on their coffee break.
- trevyn 8y agoYou certainly can under HIPAA, and I’ve done this several times without unreasonable delay. If you’ve had issues, I’m sure the “sternly worded letter from a lawyer” approach would get the gears turning.
- dakom 8y agoThanks! Are they all interconnected, so that if I use a service like https://www.medicare.gov/manage-your-health/medicares-blue-button-blue-button-20 https://www.medicare.gov/manage-your-health/medicares-blue-b... I will get the collected records from different doctor visits at different hospitals?
- nradov 8y agoThey are not all interconnected. Most providers have some sort of connectivity to a regional health information exchange network, but there are a lot of gaps and interoperability problems. Blue Button 2.0 is helpful but currently it only gives authorized providers access to your Medicare claims (if you're a Medicare beneficiary), which have limited clinical value. Getting a copy of your full chart requires going through other channels.
- maehwasu 8y agoCoral Health (in ios and play stores) lets you do this already for lots of hospitals.