Doctor will not correct mistakes in my chart

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I am a nurse and deal with lots of picky patients but I am actually going to side with OP on this one. OP-you can reach out to patient relations if needed. This is an easily fixable issue.

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Anonymous wrote:OP it’s both incorrect and insulting. My official file says “patient ordered a pizza …” Seriously while I waiting I ordered a pizza from the place next door. I put the phone down the minute she walked in the door. That’s in my chart? Crazy.
They also always say they “counseled you” on something. I get that they are protecting themselves I guess.

No, that’s for billing purposes.

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Anonymous wrote:You can write a letter that clarifies and it will be added to the chart. You don’t have to share any information from that doctor with future doctors if you choose not to.

Doctors don’t need your consent to share medical records with other doctors providing care.

Don’t get me wrong- the OP sounds nuts- but it is reasonable to expect doctors to maintain accurate medical records and correct them when they make mistakes.

An incorrect diagnosis on her file will follow her. Depending on her insurance, she may have to seek a new provider in the same healthcare system as the old doctor so the notes will remain in her file because they are connected. Stating a patient has had unhealthy eating habits/lack of exercise when they have a heart condition is something read by insurance providers and other doctors. It could actually cause problems for the patient in the future. She doesn't sound "nuts." She sounds like she wants her health record to be free of mistakes which isn't "nuts."

Cause problems in the future? Please describe what sort of problems could emerge.

Getting medical insurance, life insurance, state medical or teaching licenses lots of things...

Medical insurance and teaching licenses? No.

Perhaps life insurance could be a problem, but if you already have a congenital heart condition, then you’re not likely to have non-group life insurance.

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Anonymous wrote:OP a lot of doctors seem to be very angry and unhappy these days.

I can’t imagine why.

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Anonymous wrote:Quit your doctor. Do not forward your old file with the new doctor. Poof! The old notes are gone.

No perhaps you should read up on obamas online medical records crap. This follows you FOREVER. WHERE EVER YOU GO.

Doesn't exactly work though.

For airline pilot PP here. Yeah, it does work. Again, I've seen careers ended over things in medical records from 10 years ago.

Okay but the FAA is not what most people are facing.

Well, people are saying it doesn't matter. It does matter.

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Can you return to your former PCP? Seems you had a good relationship with that doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:This doctor sounds like a piece of work

Name and shame

I think this poster has also created another post. I wouldn't assume she's an easy patient.
The notes are written from the dr's point of view and she's responsible for them. You can add your own note too, OP. But you don't get to dictate what she writes.

This. OP sounds like she has major league anxiety or OCD.

You cannot correct the notes as a patient or add your own notes.

I'm the OP. It's important regarding the health/exercise/diet stuff because I have a heart condition and I have to actively manage it. Her incorrect comment makes it appear as if I'm not taking steps to manage it and ignored advice from my previous PCP. I do have anxiety and this shit drives it up.

You need to have your anxiety treated and stop focusing on this. I mean this kindly. These “corrections” aren’t reasonable except maybe the misdiagnosis which you haven’t said what it is. Good luck.

Um, NO. I already stated I have a heart condition. The notes written regarding diet/exercise are important and I stand by that.

Are you a candidate for a heart transplant and that’s why you’re concerned? Because they are gonna go by BMI there.

No. WTF.
I have a normal BMI and a congenital heart condition. You guys make wild assumptions.

The notes and difficulty with this doctor are driving up my anxiety.

The notes are not going to matter. I get that you have high anxiety possibly because if this lifelong heart condition. But your energy is misplaced.

Why do you think notes don't matter? I am also in the medical field myself and I read patient notes all the time.
Other doctors will read that and assume that about me. Insurance providers can also read that.

NP. Things like “educated patient on the Mediterranean diet” when OP is saying she was already on the diet don’t really matter. Perhaps there were pros and cons to the diet that the doctor wanted to make sure she noted as having been relayed to OP, or perhaps she was making herself look better on the record than she should have been. But it’s not worth “correcting” when a discussion about the Mediterranean diet did indeed occur so it’s more a matter of how the discussion is described. A misdiagnosis is another story.

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Anonymous wrote:I asked my doctor to correct mistakes in my medical chart and she says the notes will remain "as is."

She wrote in the notes that a former doctor of mine diagnosed a condition that was never diagnosed. She also wrote that I reported "unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise" while in grad school, which is not what I said. I said I tend to eat healthy but I'm not "perfect" (not to mean that I eat "unhealthy"). Insurance and other doctors read these notes. There were a lot of other "small" errors... but you get the gist. She also said that I just stopped a medication after discussing it with her. I stopped that medication over a year ago. She wrote back saying these were all "small misunderstandings" and everything will remain "as is." I don't consider it a small misunderstanding to state that a former doctor diagnosed something that wasn't ever diagnosed.

I wrote that the numerous inaccuracies were distressing. She wrote back saying "I release notes to patients because it might be helpful for them. If the notes are distressing I will withhold them from you." First of all, the healthcare system I go to releases notes to every patient electronically through the patient portal (this is nothing that only she does). She's a newer doctor and I've never had a problem with my former PCP's notes. Her response makes me feel like I'm having my hand slapped (Don't agree with the notes then you won't get to see them).

I can make a formal request through the health care system for the notes to be changed, but she can still deny it. I just don't understand why she can't fix this.

Kaiser I guess!
Contact the Maryland Department of Insurance. They are really helpful. If you have Kaiser, you will be familiar with the Insurance Commission at some point anyway. Kaiser often delays urgent treatments and while I hope that doesn't happen to you, it has happened to me and to my son. Kaiser is very responsive to complaints filed with the Dept of Insurance. Make sure you have their contact info in your phone in case you need it one day urgently if Kaiser denies care.