[John.Galt2012]

However, medical conditions such as political and religious affiliation and gun ownership still required.../s

[rhombus]

I’m wondering... like credit reports are we allowed to review these records (at no cost to us) and correct them when they’re wrong?

[Cyclone59]

This has got to be the nightmare of all nightmares that we are living. Why would anyone with any sense allow things to be left out of medical records? The only reason that I can think of would be to “thin the herd”.

Health care legislation needs to be repealed ASAP. These idiots don’t even know what is in it, but voted for it. Hmmmm, I read that Australia is in dire need of high school teachers.

[concerned about politics]

It's politically correct to kill your baby or to be a diseased queer, but by golly they're not tolerating that extra 5 pounds you have around your waist!
Talk about a crazed government out of control! These people are insane with power.

[bert]

Since the HIV records are closed, we must assume that all queers have aids and stay as far away as possible. That means not allowing any within company restrooms

[mad_as_he$$]

Since abortion has numerous downrange medical implications it is stupid not to have it included in records.

[Dr. Ursus]

And all whites will be required to have a BMI test!

[grumpygresh]

The other Winston, Winston Smith, the chief character of Orwell’s 1984 would recognize this world. A world where freedom is slavery and up can be down depending on a bureaucrat’s decree. The truth is that the financial incentive for providers to go to EMRs is only a bait and switch and many providers that have gone to EMRs have not qualified for the benefit because the qualifications keep changing.
I know that many will say that they will simply tell their physician not to list anything in their EMR so that the government cannot snoop on their medical records. That’s may seem to be a solution, but the doctor or his employer cannot be reimbursed if essentially nothing but a name appears in the medical record. There are specific coding rules that require documentation of patient responses and physical exam findings. If your doctor does not provide the information, the doctor (or employer) cannot be reimbursed and if the doctor does try to be reimbursed for work that was not documented, he/she will be subjected to penalties now raised to $50k per incident. Furthermore, doctors always insist on documenting important information because it essential for patient care and it protects them from litigation.

[erman]

cause when you present to the ER for altered mental status, cough with fever, Kaposi's sarcoma or abdominal pain, it isn't important to know if you've had an abortion or HIV.

The bureaucrats in charge of medicine currently are idiots, when they are not even physicians or nurses we will get this thing called Obamacare. should be real fun.

[Mrs.Z]

***However, medical conditions such as political and religious affiliation and gun ownership still required.../s***

Also body mass index...but not the number/type STD’s contacted in the last year...

Also nicotine blood content, but not cannibus...

The list goes on and on...

[Buckeye McFrog]

nope, just the body fat index of a 42-year old homemaker from Poughkeepsie

[greyfoxx39]

Ping

[brytlea]

If the health records are to be of use to doctors, those could be pertinent information. So, apparently helping patients and doctors more easily get health info is NOT the reason for these electronic health records....

[Nachum]

The list, ping

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

So, if I’m a chain-smoking fattie, I’ll have that included, but if I’m a diseased baby-killer, I won’t?