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- Re:Not all patients are the same
One of the most striking information in the article is that the author has been in Canada for a year,and she all ready is Deputy director of CMAJ? Unfortunately, her treatment of medical records as simmilar to Canadian Tire accounts is not surprising.
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Competing Interests: None declared. - Transparency should become the standard of careShow More
Dr. Patrick is to be applauded for her enlightening editorial regarding patients and their medical records. The author suggests in her title that "It is time to embrace transparency". In a time when more than 70% of Canadian primary care practices are using electronic medical records (EMR's), the author wonders "Is sharing the entirety of the electronic medical record with a patient not the obvious next step in the laud...
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In the editorial article "Patients and their medical records: It is time to embrace transparency" the author states that "the majority of patients would like to have the right to 'approve' or 'amend' their records."
Patients should be given the choice of producing their own records and attach consultation reports and take their own notes on the follow-up appointments (or pay a fee should they prefer to receive...
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Yes, it is time to embrace transparency (long overdue actually)! I've worked in the health care industry since 1982 - mainly in the field of Health Information Management. And mainly in acute care hospitals. I've had the pleasure of meeting many patients over the years who have legitimate, honest, and sincere needs to access their own personal health information. These patients aren't necessarily the younger generation...
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