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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: i-node who wrote (6224)3/3/2009 12:08:11 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
My medical records were lost when the practice I was using changed hands. That would not have happened were they stored electronically.

My doctor, like most, reviews blood tests by checking to see if any results have an asterisk for being outside the target range. All but useless. I have two decades of blood tests in a spreadsheet, an initiative I undertook to keep everything from being lost again. As a result, I can easily see patterns of changes and what else coincides with that pattern. Better to see the trend line than the asterisk.

I had three abdominal CT scans last summer. Had the results been available in the ER, I would not be glowing in the dark now.

I don't know that that's worth billions, but it's worth something.

I questin the cost effectiveness of automating doctors' notes, but test results should be electronically available, IMO.

As for privacy, I couldn't care less who sees my CT scan.
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