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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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@lacy2

Hope I do not sound rude, but isnt it a choice whether or not to received our medical reports via our computers? And I think if you are prone to worrying about the results, wait until your doctor gets them and the doctor explains the results to you? My nurse practitioner was quick to send request for breast ultrasound regarding very strange large sore (looked like Paget's Syndrome a type of cancer) but local hospital has 4 month waiting list; so I phoned around and had done at nearly town in less than a week.... and I didnt ask for results but did ask them had they sent results to Nurse - they couldnt or wouldnt tell me; so I phoned the Nurse clinic could they tell me if received - No, couldnt tell me... (again did not want results, just did they get them)..... had to wait 2 weeks and make appointment to find out if Nurse got results and what they were. Was so anxious I paid $50 to join Pocket.Health (Canada) and in two hours had a copy of the ultrasound, which was just a black and white blur to me.... but short note saying no lumps found in breast. Such a relief to find out. However, yes could have been bad news, but I prepared myself for it. When I have blood work or urine test I can get results on Internet, one clinic for free and one $10 a year..however do not get them before have been sent (or seen) by doctor or nurse. So if doctor or nurse is on vacation for two weeks I dont have to wait til they return to office to find out! As an aside, many years ago had cancer treatment, long ago and that doctor has retired.... and you know I have NOT ONE THING to show that I even had cancer, how it was treated , why I had a drug reaction, etc.. etc. It just was not done in those days patients did not see their files and after ten years destroyed, so I have NOTHING and neither did other patients in those days.... it's a choice and if you prefer to wait until see Doctor, then that;s the best choice for you, but I prefer to see my results ASAP. Also in past DR. has told me all ok and it wasnt: thats just not right! However I do print out all just in case !!

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I have the “MyChart” app and all the hospitals I ever visited have everything about me. Including doctors notes (buried at the bottom with a small font). I can also send messages instead of visits to my doctors offices.
Try it. You can link all the hospitals together. So I get my results almost as soon as the doctor attests to the findings. Also when the information is typed into their computers it automatically goes to my smartphone.