Re: Am I getting a snow job?

Re: Am I getting a snow job?

On 7/13/07 7:55 PM, "Salmon Egg" <salmonegg@sbcglobal . net > wrote:

I went to an imaging lab today to get a CAT scan of my head. I wanted to get
a
CD ROM copy of the results. In the past, that had been no problem.

This time, the tech told me that because of privacy considerations, the only
one who can give me a copy is the physician requesting the scan. This makes
no
sense to me. As the patient, they know who I am and that the scan was of me.
Except for the cost of making a copy for me, what could the objection be for
letting me get a copy of my own for this piece of my medical record?

Can what the tech asserted be true? Has anyone heard of such a restriction?

I went to the records people of the imaging lab and was able to get a CD ROM
copy without any problem. Bottom line--I was getting a snow job from the
tech.

Bill

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Re: Am I getting a snow job?

It's quite possible that the tech is prohibited from giving you a copy for
reasons that he/she doesn't really understand. In most facilities, requests
for records are handled by the medical records department. And, FYI, in most
states the facility owns the images. You don't. They are the legal custodian
of the records.


Salmon Egg wrote:
> On 7/13/07 7:55 PM, "Salmon Egg" <salmonegg@sbcglobal . net > wrote:
>
> I went to an imaging lab today to get a CAT scan of my head. I wanted
> to get a
> CD ROM copy of the results. In the past, that had been no problem.
>
> This time, the tech told me that because of privacy considerations,
> the only one who can give me a copy is the physician requesting the
> scan. This makes no
> sense to me. As the patient, they know who I am and that the scan was
> of me. Except for the cost of making a copy for me, what could the
> objection be for letting me get a copy of my own for this piece of my
> medical record?
>
> Can what the tech asserted be true? Has anyone heard of such a
> restriction?
>
> I went to the records people of the imaging lab and was able to get a
> CD ROM copy without any problem. Bottom line--I was getting a snow
> job from the tech.
>
> Bill



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Re: Am I getting a snow job?

Thus spake Salmon Egg <salmonegg@sbcglobal . net > :

>On 7/13/07 7:55 PM, "Salmon Egg" <salmonegg@sbcglobal . net > wrote:
>
>I went to an imaging lab today to get a CAT scan of my head. I wanted to get
>a
>CD ROM copy of the results. In the past, that had been no problem.
>
>This time, the tech told me that because of privacy considerations, the only
>one who can give me a copy is the physician requesting the scan. This makes
>no
>sense to me. As the patient, they know who I am and that the scan was of me.
>Except for the cost of making a copy for me, what could the objection be for
>letting me get a copy of my own for this piece of my medical record?
>
>Can what the tech asserted be true? Has anyone heard of such a restriction?
>
>I went to the records people of the imaging lab and was able to get a CD ROM
>copy without any problem. Bottom line--I was getting a snow job from the
>tech.
>
>Bill

There was a recent report that said that most in the medical
profession, doctors, nurses, technician, administrators, etc, just
don't understand HIPAA. Most wind up being too restrictive. On
average, the medical professional gets a 30-45 minute overview
presentation of HIPAA requirements. I've been to a three day
conference on it. There's a lot of misinformation and misconceptions
out there.

I know some people who do HIPAA assessments for hospitals. A 50 bed
hospital gets 6 people for a solid week, followed by 2 weeks of
analysis by 3 to 4 people. All at $250 an hour a person.
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