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My Doc still uses manila file folders and lined paper... He refuses to digitize due to the lack of privacy and possible liability. I appreciate his concern, but he is a dying breed....

“My Doc still uses manila file folders and lined paper... He refuses to digitize due to the lack of privacy and possible liability. I appreciate his concern, but he is a dying breed....”

He probably refuses to digitize because the average cost of an EMR implementation is close to $50 000/license and usually requires a change to the provider’s/practice’s workflow. Some healthcare providers are notorious for slow adoption of IT and anything that can accelerate this process is a positive.

My Doc still uses manila file folders and lined paper... He refuses to digitize due to the lack of privacy and possible liability. I appreciate his concern, but he is a dying breed.... Noble servant of men.

I suppose HIPPA put a stop to this, but some OB/Gyno offices used to rent out their expectant parents list to telemarketers who specialised in pregnancy and babyhood items. It's stuck with me over the years that at least one woman wrote in to Ann Landers to complain about it. Specifically, she had miscarried a child she and her husband very much wanted, and later got a call from a saleswoman pitching baby products. When she told her that they had no children, the salesbeech told her she was lying, she knew they had a kid because the doctor's office said so.

Not even my doctor/dentist (HMO) has my home phone. Needless to say, neither do any other businesses I patronise. Keeping it off of computer databases is the only way to maintain an unlisted phone.

Now if only my state's county tax collectors organization website had not erroneously listed my number as my county's tax office...

But entrusting one's entire medical record to Google? Holy cow!