[LINK] Your Medicare records online

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 10:32 PM 3/03/2010, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> 
>> Ultimately, if we adopted the UK system of opting into a centralised 
>> health record system, I'd be first in the line to have my records 
>> placed where medical staff can find it, though I appreciate that 
>> some Linkers have reservations.
> 
> 
> Correction of the above: it is opt-OUT, not opt-IN, in the UK NHS. 
> There is a BIG difference.
> 
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Accurate pharmaceutical records that are the critical part
of the Medical records. As Stil has mentioned even the lay
person can see a scar.

Alergies/Adverse affects of particular drugs have already
been mentioned but another issue, which needs addressing, is
making sure patients do not receive bad combinations of drugs.

Immunisation records are also useful - when was your last
Tetnus shot?

Also medical/community health research into what constitutes
a healthy lifestyle - though unfortunately we only have data
on lifestyles that contribute to poor health outcomes.

Marghanita
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