At Zobreus, we often get asked “why does having your medical record matter?” One especially poignant answer came from Dr. Dhruv Khullar in his insightful New York Times piece entitled Let Patients Read Their Medical Records last week. In actuality, there are several compelling reasons — enough to warrant a separate post. Suffice to say […]
Some things in healthcare just defy logical explanation. For example, why in an era where we can alter human genes using CRISPR, why are we still using loose leafs of paper to document something as important as one’s immunizations? In other words, why doesn’t our health system place more emphasis on getting these “simple” things […]
People often ask me, “what is a medical record?” According to Merriam-Webster, a medical record is “a record of a patient’s medical information (as medical history, care or treatments received, test results, diagnoses, and medications taken).” In other words, your medical record is your health “story.” But what’s not stated in that definition is that your […]
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