Patients have always had the right to obtain copies of their health records unless the provider believes
Question:
Patients have always had the right to obtain copies of their health records unless the provider believes that would be harmful to the patient. In the past, health records were all paper. Providing patients with copies of their records was a time-consuming process for the health care staff. With meaningful use now in place, most patients may have access to their medical records through an electronic patient portal.
Case:
Read the overview below and answer the questions.
Jonathan had always been healthy, seeing a physician only once a year. He exercised routinely, but his diet consisted of fast food as he worked a high-stress computer tech job that did not allow him time to plan meals accordingly. He realized that he had lost ten pounds in about 6 weeks and was always hungry. He went to his primary care physician, who after lab work was completed, told Jonathan that he was pre-diabetic and his A.1.C. was close to Type 2 diabetes. The physician talked to Jonathan about healthy eating and more exercise. Jonathan couldn’t believe he was diabetic, so he went to another physician. This physician told him that his A.1.C. was normal and to improve his diet. Jonathan did some reading about his possible condition. He also went into his patient portal for each physician and discovered that the first physician had misread his A.1.C. results.
Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow.
1.) May the information be downloaded by the patient from each portal? Why would a patient want to do that?
2.) May the information be downloaded by the patient from each portal? Why would a patient want to do that?
3.) What are the negative aspects of patients having immediate access 24 hours a day to their health records?
Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134725987
12th edition
Authors: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.