I went to a new Neurologist....He KNEW all of my medical history already. Come to find out there is a Electronic Health Record EHR that Doctors can log into and see it all. All procedures you've had done, all medications that have been prescribed, all Dr office visits and diagnosis's. How can WE view our own EHR????
I’d be interested in knowing more about this. Is this in the US?
I read this online too…
Providers and hospitals who use Electronic Health Records (EHRs) sometimes offer a way for you to view your health records online
Sooo we may have to ask owe Drs???
You can request your doctor to let you view your records. I personally ask for a copy of my own records everytime I go to the doctor so I can see what they specifically stated. For example, when I went to my neuro I asked for a copy of what she saved for me and it gave me a lot better insight to why she wanted to do the MRI and aniogram and gave me some stuff to research while I waited.
it's in the US but it's state to state. Not every doctors office is electronic yet. Some are hesitant to do so. for example, my psych isn't electronic yet.
Kim said:
I'd be interested in knowing more about this. Is this in the US?
I read this also.....Provider Portal.....Using clinical data from your payers and HIE, our Provider Electronic Health Records (EHR) solution provides physicians, nurses, physician assistants and care managers with complete, virtual patient medical history. This history includes medications taken, previous inpatient/outpatient encounters, diagnoses, labs and tests, along with succinct best practice recommendations. To create more complete patient records, our solution also allows information exchanges with providers' EMR and practice management systems and notifies them of clinical alerts.
I can not find out anywhere how I can view my own!
We have something similar in Scotland called emergency care summary, it is at present being rolled out across all health boards. The info given is minimal and usually covers meds and allergies but you can request that your doctor adds special instructions on care that should be given in event of crisis or at times when own doctor is unavailable. At present not all places of care can access this but in the future they will be able to. In order to access this info the medical/nursing staff must first obtain your consent.
In order to view your own ECS record and Special Notes in Scotland you must apply to own doctor in writing for access to medical record. By law they must provide you with this record but can take out any bit they feel may be detrimental to your health.
Hi, you have to ask your doctor for the specific website of his EHR and he would give you a password, after that you would have access to a limited portion of your health records. If you wanted your entire health record, you would need to request formally to your doctor that you wanted that and he would then supply it in print form, you can't have access to the entire portal.. it has to be secure. Your health records are owned by the doctor, not really by the patient, so each doctor will have different rules and procedures on this. Hope this helps you, I'm getting my information from my husband who is a physician for the past 30 years.