How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless?

Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by ams6110 on Friday January 04, 2019 @04:19PM (#18827735)

Side question, would the "right to be forgotten" also entitle you to call your doctor and demand that all your medical records be destroyed?

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Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by conanbatt on Friday January 04, 2019 @05:36PM (#18828388)

Docs need to keep a history for multiple reasons, from insurance to malpractice lawsuits, so no.

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Re:How Did Our Medical Notes Become So Useless? by tacon on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:40PM (#18829555)

My understanding is that, in the US, your medical records are the property of the healthcare provider, absent some contractual language otherwise. The new thing was the federal law that required them to give you a copy of everything at cost. Before that, the only sure way to get a copy of your medical records was to sue the provider and perform document discovery.

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