2007-10-17 08:17:32 · 4 answers · asked by thomaslindsayjesse 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It's a usual procedure for your primary doctor to send a consultation form to another specialist. It includes your brief medical history relevant to the problem; your diagnosis, and reasons for the referrals are specified. However, this consultant can get other related information from the patient himself upon a physical exam. He might also obtain the info from the lab report which is in the computer.
Or he might require the whole chart. In the latter situation; sometimes, the doctor spends more time reading the chart than actual time with the patient.
That's why this is called a multidisciplinary teamwork of medical care.
2007-10-17 08:36:09 · answer #1 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are allowed to keep what is called "work product" when they send out records. However very little if anything in a medical file falls under the definition of work product, so all information in your file can be sent to another doctor when you sign a medical release
2007-10-17 08:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Don Drapers woman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that is illegal. Medical records have to contain everything that you've ever been diagnosed with or treated for.
2007-10-17 08:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by Laura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be illegal but that doesn't mean it doesn't occur.
2007-10-17 08:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by HisChamp1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋