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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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@vic83

I may have misunderstood you. If I need to go to a different doctor/clinic, I tell them to send to the other clinics. For the actual scans, they say they have to "push" them out - I think it means they fax over to a specific number.
I work off of my computer - phone screen too small!

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billie6977 | @billie6977 | Jan 26, 2023

I got my records sent to me from California to Georgia, I had to sign a medical release waiver but they were delivered today. Had no problem

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gpigford | @gpigford | Jan 31, 2023

Hello, @vic83 I am what is called a PACS Administrator. I build and maintain the computers that hold and distribute radiology exam images. Every hospital has a network of computers that store your exam images. Just like your home computer holds files of your family photos but with a little more finesse.
We use 3rd party companies that set up connections to many hospitals. We than “push” (officially called a DICOM data transfer) images and bounce them around till they get to where they need to be. Keep in mind this bounce only takes a few min. It however is only images, no radiologist reports. I would also strongly recommend asking for a disk of your images. Nothing is more dependable at delivery than you. But pushing them works really well.

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