Years ago when the federal government started passing laws regarding electronic medical record systems, they demanded integrated communicability between systems at various offices, hospitals, etc.
Medicare paid millions across the country for offices to get up to speed and modernized. Yet look at the VA. To date the VA still CAN’T exchange information in the medical records of veterans from one VA facility to another!
Veterans are failing to get the timely care they deserve when medical records have to be mailed or faxed from one facility to another. This creates delays and usually means the veteran patient will NOT get their medications and treatments in a timely manner.
Just another example of how the federal government creates laws to make life difficult for the public medical clinics and offices, yet can’t even meet their own standard within their own federal health facilities!
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Per a letter I wrote awhile back, I see that the Oregon PDMP is finally reporting the refills properly per my suggestion.
If they want to claim religious beliefs, then they need to be willing to pay the consequences of such beliefs too.
Pulled out some records to check some things and refreshed myself with something I had been meaning to post earlier but got distracted.
I find it amazing that so many clinics, especially pain clinics are ignoring the requirements of having pain agreements and Material Risk Notices with their patients.
Here is a letter that I sent to the Office Manager of Oregon Cardiology, located at Peace Health Sacred Heart Medical Center, by fax on 12-10-19.
