Jan 14, 2010 9:52am
My day job is electronic medical records. This allows hospitals and care providers to exchange records electronically.
I recently had sinus surgery. The situation became urgent. My surgeon needed records and images held by another specialist.
I had to call ahead, request the records, drive across town, fill out some paperwork, and then hand deliver my records to my surgeon. It slayed me. If only these people were using my software.
Our healthcare information systems have a lot of room for improvement.
FYI, Dr. Mary Starkebaum (GP), Dr. Karen Lin (ENT), and Dr. Leonard Altman (Allergy) are all awesome. Also, the people at Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center are top notch; they took great care of me.