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The Patient Portal—Help or Hindrance?

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Feb 17 12:10am | Replies (227)
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@bustrbrwn22

I have a question I guess really for the moderators. I have read you can opt out of automatic sharing for EHR, predominantly Epic, by notifying your regional health information exchange but can not find the way to do this. I find it disconcerting that a doctor may, for an opinion or diagnosis, base it on another doctor’s note in Epic that was from a different hospital system and for which I did not give him/her consent to do. Not to mention doctors notes I cannot see unless I specifically request these “hidden” notes. There is most likely a reason I am going to a different hospital system in the first place. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Nov 14, 2022

@bustrbrwn22 You ask a good question about the use of EHR—“can you opt out?” I looked up the Colorado regional health information exchange and found a phone number. You could try the same for your state.
I, personally, don’t want to opt out because it is so handy for me that my medical records follow me everywhere: ER to doctor’s office to physical therapy. It save me lots of hassle.
Do you not feel safe having your information shared?

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