Sue - I know you’re absolutely right. You can’t be over cautious, so you have to respect the rationale the systems use; it’s for our own protection. Before patient portals, 20 years ago, I suddenly collapsed and was on life support several days (undiagnosed heart condition). I had the great fortune of surviving, and went home weeks later with mounds of paper records. I was perplexed to read that it said my prescriptions included an old painkiller and an antibiotic. I found out that my husband just grabbed all the bottles he could find in my closet, and I have a bad habit of not properly throwing out unused or expired prescriptions. The painkiller was leftover from dental surgery 3 years earlier! These things luckily didn’t matter for my care, but I learned you can’t count on others in an emergency; keeping a list (for husband too) and having up-to-date portals now is very important! P.S. - I keep my allergies on that list too.