I also had a pdf copy on a thumb drive but they said they couldn't/wouldn't read it.
They still wanted me to answer all the medical intake questions on their form. So when it asked me to list "any allergies, surgeries, etc" I wrote in "see attached page #". I don't think they liked that...
Pediatric_Patient - 3 months ago
I recently sent PDFs of the surgical notes from when I was a child (25 years ago) to a new OT/PT team I am working with.
They did not ask for that specifically, but I thought it may be helpful to them. So, not paper specifically, but I did need to be the conduit between some electronic systems.
Marshall - 3 months ago
The paper medical record I carried was my own list I keep on a Word document, dating back to the 90's. I find it benefits me when asked about certain items, such as when I last had a colonoscopy or when I was diagnosed with a certain issue ....
HITMom - 3 months ago
We were able to work with 3 separate health systems when we had a medical emergency. 3 systems in one week. All 3 used Epic.
I also had a pdf copy on a thumb drive but they said they couldn't/wouldn't read it.
They still wanted me to answer all the medical intake questions on their form. So when it asked me to list "any allergies, surgeries, etc" I wrote in "see attached page #". I don't think they liked that...
I recently sent PDFs of the surgical notes from when I was a child (25 years ago) to a new OT/PT team I am working with.
They did not ask for that specifically, but I thought it may be helpful to them. So, not paper specifically, but I did need to be the conduit between some electronic systems.
The paper medical record I carried was my own list I keep on a Word document, dating back to the 90's. I find it benefits me when asked about certain items, such as when I last had a colonoscopy or when I was diagnosed with a certain issue ....
We were able to work with 3 separate health systems when we had a medical emergency. 3 systems in one week. All 3 used Epic.