This would be a source of a lot of the mess in the doctor's office (and hospitals everywhere):
"He does this request electronically. If I don't ask for a copy of the results before he hits the send button, I am informed I have to call the office. He plays with the computer more than he talks to his patient."
This is the way it is with nurses coming into your hospital room too.....they have to feed the computer system with what is apparently bundles of software that are more bother than they are good.
Electronic Medical Records are highly over-rated, and it's a great way for the patient and his/her test results and diagnostic findings to get BURIED in Software Hell......
Except they always manage to produce gigantic BILLS rejected or diminished by the insurance company systems!!!!
There are, by the way, excellent doctors and nurses here and in every state. But hospital and doctors' office management systemsare often the big barrier to efficient and PERSONALIZED care.
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