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I'm interested in hearing if anyone else has had medical specialists who say they can't read imaging CD's that other healthcare systems have created. Like we all can just cough up for new CT the same as what was just done somewhere else? If I can open it in my home PC, why can't they open and see what's there, too?
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@thenazareneshul - I do understand your wanting to avoid additional costs. I have the same concerns for unnecessary procedures. I think some of the reasons may have to do with HIPAA, data security, additional costs and not too many hospitals and providers use CDs anymore. It also may depend on how long ago the CDs were created since imaging technology has improved over time. Here's just a few of many articles on the topic.
-- 3 Reasons Why CDs are Obsolete in Medical Imaging: https://www.purview.net/blog/3-reasons-why-cds-are-obsolete-for-medical-imaging
-- Why You Should Not Use CDs To Transfer Patient Images: https://www.itnonline.com/content/blogs/greg-freiherr-industry-consultant/blog-why-you-should-not-use-cds-transfer-patient
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I've been told that same thing by many healthcare specialists, over and over again. Like you said, if I can open it at home, on my own PC, which isn't even the latest version, then why can't they? One Podiatrist told me it was their healthcare system that couldn't do it. Then, when they "got it" that I wasn't going to be able to redo them, they said they had opened them and looked at them all. And told me I had nothing wrong with my foot. When I know for sure there's necrosis in there. It's like they can't even read the Radiologists reports on paper, either. What it does do that's good for the patient is tell us which provider's we do Not want treating us.