[LINK] Your Medicare records online

[Jan Whitaker]

At 04:26 PM 3/03/2010, Kim Holburn wrote:

>Hmmm... actually it might be really useful if I could access my own
>records online but I bet it wouldn't be allowed.

Actually, that's in the mix possibly. MS is pushing for it. PHR - 
Personal Health Record. Doesn't mean it will be complete though. And 
even if you can access them, it doesn't mean that the new treating 
doc is going to believe them. The lab may have goofed, they may be 
out of date, and you may be ill or injured with something unrelated 
anyway that the prior results could mask or mislead the doc to 
believe. Liability such as it is means that doctors need to make 
their own determinations.

If there is a consistent allergy or heart condition, better off 
carrying some Alert bracelet which people are used to looking for in 
emergency rooms.

Like I said, the planning is in flux, all over the shop. As my 
colleague said, The number is a possible bridge to nowhere. You 
should read what some of the health informatics producers/suppliers 
are saying. They are reporting that they aren't being consulted 
either. So they aren't sure what the government expects them to build 
by July 1!

Jan



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