Try this on for size: the patient bears no responsibility to communicate their co-morbid conditions and current medications to their physicians.
This is precisely why all medical records are going electronic, and thus public.
“Try this on for size: the patient bears no responsibility to communicate their co-morbid conditions and current medications to their physicians. This is precisely why all medical records are going electronic, and thus public.”
Every doctor I’ve had has insisted on knowing what I’m taking. There’s no way I would not tell them for fear of dueling medicines. As to public records: The requirement for HIPA happened because people with ongoing expensive conditions, like Type 9 Hemophilia were going from employer to employer using the 1 million dollar cap. Then they’d move onto another employer. The insurance companies started sharing information to prevent that. The government passed a law so they couldn’t share information. Then they made all patients sign away all rights. But your husband can’t call and find out your condition if you’re hospitalized. (My sister had a special power of attorney for our Dad and still had to go in person to get information.) It’s the law of unintended consequences.