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In my experience, you can ask for a disk copy of your images at the time they are taken. Otherwise they are at the location where they were taken. Obtaining a copy of them after however often requires making a written request thru radiology records Dept. Many hospitals + imaging services now have direct computer viewing access to images by other medical + outside experts. This is arranged without transfer of actual disk copies. It's computer viewing. When you select a 2nd opinion source, you can ask them if they participate in this tech option. Authorization for release is still required and can be done online.

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Many of the hospitals I’ve used and most of my doctors have portals under MyChart and my PCP and dentist use Healow and even my gastroenterologist has one. Unfortunately my cardiovascular surgeon doesn’t have one and neither does my cardiologist.

All MyChart hospitals are linked together and the results of a hospital stay are on my phone via computers immediately when I get home.

The results are instant and you can check your diagnosis and the doctor’s and nurses notes plus any medication they gave you but the results from CT scans, X-rays and MRI’s are not available. I imagine there’s probably a fee to obtain them.

Probably need a release form in order to get your hands on them. I’m on the blood thinner Coumadin and the lab comes to my home every Wednesday morning to draw a sample to test back at the lab and I get what’s called my INR a measurement of my blood thinner numbers.

I get the results on my phone before our nurse does through their portal. I live in an assisted living facility and we have a nurse who gets the results . My cardiologist gets a copy and faxes my weekly dosage based on my results to the nurse.

My doctors also types up on his laptop any med changes but that pharmacy does not have a portal but their phone number is in my contacts list.
Having access through all these portals gives you instant results under one or both of the different portals.