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Janet

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> On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:55:02 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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> > On 12/14/2016 6:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Many health care providers put patients before profits. My GP and
> > > the wife of a buddy at work are squeaking by. It's the overhead,
> > > mostly. Malpractice insurance and the electronic recordkeeping
> > > systems mandated for Medicare and Medicaid patients eat up a lot
> > > of the "profits".
> > >
> > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> >
> > The electronic recordkeeping was forced, but it is a good thing for the
> > patient. Have you ever seen the paper files of patients with chronic or
> > multiple issues? Ny wife's file was about 8" thick. it would be at the
> > GP and when she had to visit the cardio doc that file had to ho to him.
> > You would have an X=ray at one location and sometimes had to carry it to
> > the doctor later.
> >
> > Now you can have a scan or X=ray and your doctor can see it instantly
> > and if he wants another to see it he can also even if 20 miles away.
> > Our HMO started to do it before the mandate because it is a smart thing
> > to do.
> >
> > Want to know the trend of a particular blood test over the past three
> > years? I cn get it on my computer or phone, just like the doctor can.
>
> I love all of that too. On top of having my medical record at my
> fingertips, they fast. Something major happened just before
> Thanksgiving. Since then, I've had biopsies and surgery and expect to
> know what the treatment will be by the end of next week.

Sorry to hear that, good luck with the treatment.

Janet UK