http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/grassroots-upheaval-a-declaration-of-patients-rights-to-health-data.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/grassroots-upheaval-a-declaration-of-patients-rights-to-health-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-347251 What are Your Rights to Your Health Data Information? « Chronic Illness & Pain Support Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:17:24 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=8283#comment-347251 [...] Grassroots Upheaval: A Declaration of Patients’ Rights to Health Data (diabetesmine.com) [...] [...] Grassroots Upheaval: A Declaration of Patients’ Rights to Health Data (diabetesmine.com) [...]

]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/grassroots-upheaval-a-declaration-of-patients-rights-to-health-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-346375 Mark Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:13:35 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=8283#comment-346375 I'm surprised that this movement doesn't draw parallels to the existing "right" to see/request one's credit report data and to control the content there, protect it, dispute errors, etc. The parallels seem obvious and worth drawing since I think folks are rather familiar with that right already. I’m surprised that this movement doesn’t draw parallels to the existing “right” to see/request one’s credit report data and to control the content there, protect it, dispute errors, etc. The parallels seem obvious and worth drawing since I think folks are rather familiar with that right already.

]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/grassroots-upheaval-a-declaration-of-patients-rights-to-health-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-346279 mcityrk Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:52:48 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=8283#comment-346279 The right to one's full record, you bet, after all you're paying for the doctors time and all the tests and if anyone needs access to the info it is you......for free, not going to happen....you need to be pushing for "a copy of one's record provided at the true not some rediculously inflated rate for providers staff time" plus maybe a small 5% premium to goose their efforts. As we pass to a better online record systems maybe these extra costs disappear to the patient, but will always be included in the providers overhead which will somehow be incorporated into their basic fee structure. The right to one’s full record, you bet, after all you’re paying for the doctors time and all the tests and if anyone needs access to the info it is you……for free, not going to happen….you need to be pushing for “a copy of one’s record provided at the true not some rediculously inflated rate for providers staff time” plus maybe a small 5% premium to goose their efforts. As we pass to a better online record systems maybe these extra costs disappear to the patient, but will always be included in the providers overhead which will somehow be incorporated into their basic fee structure.

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