Not that I'm recommending we contact the church! Lol They are the best of the 3 hospitals in my area, their ER saved my mom's life years ago after she was sent home by the closer hospital ER.
And they diagnosed a friend's heart condition that had been overlooked by our UNC group.
So I do find Advent health care to be excellent and generally don't object to using one of their practitioners, but the not sharing info with other systems is something that causes a lot of grief.
And folks that are already stressed by health concerns haven't yet been as energized to demand changes in sharing medical information. One problem is technology and the different operating systems used by different health care groups. They need to fix that!
I think there are several companies that have capitalized on this, and will store one's medical records. And there's probably an understanding that health systems remain closed, to boost these businesses and their own. Not sure how hipa plays into this, but it's there. I think we need to have easier access to our medical records too. I'm not that tech savvy, don't like my records or info on line, but my UNC health system puts it in a patient portal that I rarely access. But not everything makes it to that portal. It's information technology and protocol and practice issues.
Remember early cell phones, and how many different chargers were needed? So you'd need a specific charger for each phone. Not sure how or why they became mostly universal, but the many cell phone users certainly demanded easier options for charging. Now I actually have a charging pad, which is huge leap in technology. Who knows what's coming, or already here for medical records?
From this discussion I realize we should be responsible for our medical records, and should be more vigilant in keeping up to date. Even if we rely on a primary care MD, we should obtain records to share with them when tests and procedures are done, out of network and even within.
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