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Personal health records
Personal health records include forms, paperwork, printouts of lab tests, and physician notes related to a particular patient.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 38-year old asked:
What are the controversis on personal health records?
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A 37-year old asked:
Why is it important to keep your own personal health records?
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A 38-year old asked:
Do you advise patients create an electronic personal health record?
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A 45-year old asked:
Why is it important for us to keep personal health records? Isnt that the doctors job?
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A 29-year old asked:
How can I get access to my personal health records from my doctor?
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A 43-year old male asked:
If Dr uses card to do fecal occult blood test (not sent out to a lab), how is the result usually recorded after the test? Does the result go in my personal health record as well?
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A 38-year old asked:
Has anyone hacked into electronic health records?
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A 48-year old asked:
What is the purpose of using electronic health records?
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A 43-year old asked:
Should employers have access to employee health records?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Is it safe to carry your health records on you in case of an emergancy?
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A 46-year old asked:
Should america's health care system switch to keeping patient records online?
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A 46-year old male asked:
How could I connect my biometric records to Flex health tap app in my cellphone?
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A 32-year old asked:
How can I combine my health record, DNA results, test results, exercise, medications and more in one place with a doctors advice as well?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I sweat a lot. I'm in my early 20s, I have a clean health record, work out often. It is something that i've had all my life. Can I stop it?
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A 43-year old female asked:
I requested my health records and there are some that are encrypted. Why encrypt some and not other? Who would have a machine readable computer? I've asked my docter if she would take a look. Not now. Also unrelated documents who can help me?
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A 35-year old male asked:
I can no longer remember the doctors or medical facilities where I've been seen. How do I obtain my full Health records. I'm certain they are on the SystemOne, and EMIS EHRs in a single file. I also believe they are on Epic as well as AthenaHealth?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can someone really hack into health records online?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is going to happen to my health records of online?
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A 37-year old asked:
Were ancient Romans the first to record health records?
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A 30-year old asked:
What organization holds records for the mental health statistics?
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A 47-year old asked:
Are juvenile mental health records sealed right after you turn 18 years old?
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A 32-year old asked:
If i get diagnosed with a mental disorder, will that go on my permanent health record?
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A 32-year old asked:
How can I organize my important documents including health records without using paper?
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A 31-year old asked:
What makes records and statistics on accidents valuable in contributing towards improving health and safety?
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A 47-year old asked:
What are doctors chaning to electronic health records?
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A 40-year old asked:
What are rules for destroying paper and electronic health records?
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A 29-year old asked:
What do you feel about tx being the 1st state to allow employers to have access to employee health records?
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A 34-year old asked:
What are the regulations for destroying paper and electronic health records?
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A 45-year old asked:
How can you clear your mental health records?
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A 39-year old asked:
Are paper medical records more secure than electronic health records?
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