What we need is the ability to share simple data such as diagnosis and current medications so that doctors can communicate regarding care. Does no favors to our system when a doc orders a ct that the patient had last month cause it's easier then getting the result from another doctor. Same with demographic info. Insane that a swooped credit card cant be used to load that into the system for billing purposes.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 24, 2012, at 8:52 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, the privacy issues are real, and I don't think are being taken > seriously enough. On the other hand, when my father was being treated for > trigeminal neuralgia (sp?), I took him to six different doctors, due to > referals. I had to fill out the demographic data, medical history, current > issues and treament to date six times, and three of the doctors worked in > the same hospital system. A bit of electronic medical records, shared > between the doctors with our permission, would certainly have made it a > better experience, and might have reduced the false-starts in the process. > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Grant wrote: >>> It will come.. just not in my remaining lifetime... likely.. >> >> Plus, we don't need to go see these information gatherers. Abe >> Lincoln didn't have an exposure problem - stay away from the systems >> and try to accomplish anonymity as much as possible - forget the >> regulators and their schemes. Yes, that means voluntarily limiting >> participation in the 'wonders' of technology today. Tech ain't all it >> means to be - it seems more a nemesis than benefit. Similarly health >> care seems more a nemesis than benefit. Keep away from their systems >> and live like the billions of persons that have lived, then died on >> the plane to date and we might be better off than "...in the year >> 2525, if man is still alive...." >> mao >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 1992 300D 2.5T > 1990 300D 2.5T > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
