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Editorial power? I must have missed that in my reading of the article. As far as I understood it, patients weren't able to redact/change their notes. Reported
by bayesianhorse 12y ago
Editorial power? I must have missed that in my reading of the article. As far as I understood it, patients weren't able to redact/change their notes.
Reported symptoms and complaints are listed comprehensively, but the doctor is not compelled to do any unnecessary testing, or even falsify test results.
Because of the outrageous amount of data that is dumped into a doctor's head, he is able to recognize "hypochondriac" at a glance on the record, without that term or any other negative comments to that nature being in there.
- idlewords 12y agoThis is not about hypochondria, but people who knowingly fake illness. They can be extremely manipulative.
- bayesianhorse 12y agoThen the open records don't make the job of the doctor any more difficult or easier. Arguably, it's not really the responsibility of the doctor to figure out, beyond some reasonable point, if he is being "manipulated" by the patient.
- jtheory 12y agoThis is mitigated quite a bit by tracking the source of information, and adding rather than ever deleting any data. A patient can (and should!) be able to correct the doctor's notes reporting the patient's experience (symptoms, priorities, etc.), and self-reported medical history. The patient would not be able to edit lab results, or the doctor's own notes from a physical examination, or prescriptions, and so on, though they could be able to add comments (again, clearly sourced). Just as all data from doctors, labs, etc. is clearly sourced.