The Federal Government is in the final stages of mandating that all doctors work to ensure that a minimum of 10% of all their patients (seen in a calendar year) access and or view their health records. At this time, doctors are responsible for providing online access to their patients health records but there are “no” minimal requirements in regards to what percentage of their patients must access their health records in any given year. This will change in 2014.
Hospital will also be required to provide online access to your health records. Starting in 2014, patients who are discharged from the inpatient or emergency department of an eligible hospital or CAH must have their information available online within 36 hours of discharge. These patients must have access to view, download or transmit their health records.
The Federal Government is confident that educating patients on the importance of checking their health records is as important as logging in to check your saving or checking account online throughout the month. If you doctor is already providing online access to your health records then he/she is ahead of the market in utilizing electronic health record technology. If you doctor is not providing online health record access, please request they contact ViewMyHealthRecords.com.
ViewMyHealthRecords.com is the leader in providing secure online access for patients to view their health records. Any time your health record is updated, the information is immediately available via www.ViewMyHealthRecords.com. ViewMyHealthRecords.com provides the health data in a very simple format allowing the patient to easily understand their recorded allergies, diagnosis, current medications, past medications and any problem list being tracked by your doctor. Access to your health records is secure and available from any PC or smart phone (IPhone, Blackberry, Droid, etc) that has Internet connection.
During your visit to the doctor, you doctor makes these decision on whether or not to provide you online access to your health records. It is important to check your health records each month to ensure all clinical data recorded is accurate. In the event that you check your health records and have questions about your records, you are required to contact your doctor. All clinical data recorded in your health record was entered by your doctor. ViewMyHealthRecords.com provides online access between your doctor and your health records.
If your doctor is not currently providing online access to your health records then have them contact viewmyhealthrecords.com so that you can begin accessing your health records today. Having access to your health records is essential and gives peace of mind in knowing what clinical data has been recorded in your health record.