Has anybody ever just grabbed their medical file from the Doc’s office and left?
Oh, I know they insist “you can’t do that!”, but it’s not true.
I tried that when we moved from one state to another. They would not give it to me, said they would send it to my new Doc when requested from s/he. I said I wanted it to take to them myself, they still wouldn’t give it to me. I suppose I could have eventually gotten it by fighting but they know full well most people won’t because they send it to the new Doc.
you can grab the paper... doesn’t mean you’ve grabbed the ‘file’
your ‘file’ is a set of electronic records in a national database
consider lying about your name to confuse any record keeping. of course, any blood taken can be sequenced... which results in your national id... otherwise known as your DNA
The actual medical file is the doctors property. You can get a copy of it but if you try to walk out they’ll report it stolen. They have to as it would be reportable to HHS.
Go ahead. Grab the iPad and run! Sometimes FRs can be so idiotic I think they must be liberal plants.