Doctor will not correct mistakes in my chart

[Anonymous]

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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.

If that is an error you are complaining about, I would side with the doctor. Ridiculous.

OP. This isn't ridiculous because I'm someone who has a heart condition. It's important that I take care of my diet and exercise. I never stated this and to write that in the notes will give other providers (and insurance) the wrong impression. I'm very health conscious.

No one gives a shit that you had an unhealthy eating period in grad school. Who didn't? You are making mountains out of molehills.

If she has a heart condition, insurers might. I would mark up the notes with corrections and make a record by sending them back to the facility asking that the record be corrected. Keep a copy for your own records. And then find a new doctor.

[Anonymous]

I get it, OP. If the ACA ever goes away, having a diagnosis for something you don’t actually have will make it a pre-existing condition and depending on what it is, you would be screwed. This happened to my mom and it made getting and paying for private insurance really difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If that is an error you are complaining about, I would side with the doctor. Ridiculous.

OP. This isn't ridiculous because I'm someone who has a heart condition. It's important that I take care of my diet and exercise. I never stated this and to write that in the notes will give other providers (and insurance) the wrong impression. I'm very health conscious.

No one gives a shit that you had an unhealthy eating period in grad school. Who didn't? You are making mountains out of molehills.

If she has a heart condition, insurers might. I would mark up the notes with corrections and make a record by sending them back to the facility asking that the record be corrected. Keep a copy for your own records. And then find a new doctor.

Did you read that the doctor refused her corrections?

[Anonymous]

You can’t change the notes, they are official and can only be amended. The notes are hers, not yours so it’s up to her if she wants to share them with you. I highly doubt the doctor wrote false information, what is the motivation??

Shame on the person saying share the name so we can shame the doctor.

Dcum is total shit show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If that is an error you are complaining about, I would side with the doctor. Ridiculous.

OP. This isn't ridiculous because I'm someone who has a heart condition. It's important that I take care of my diet and exercise. I never stated this and to write that in the notes will give other providers (and insurance) the wrong impression. I'm very health conscious.

No one gives a shit that you had an unhealthy eating period in grad school. Who didn't? You are making mountains out of molehills.

If she has a heart condition, insurers might. I would mark up the notes with corrections and make a record by sending them back to the facility asking that the record be corrected. Keep a copy for your own records. And then find a new doctor.

Did you read that the doctor refused her corrections?

OP
I emailed the doctor through the portal asking her to correct thees things and that's when she refused. I can still go through a formal process but that's all I can do. And even then she can still deny the request.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t change the notes, they are official and can only be amended. The notes are hers, not yours so it’s up to her if she wants to share them with you. I highly doubt the doctor wrote false information, what is the motivation??

Shame on the person saying share the name so we can shame the doctor.

Dcum is total shit show.

OP
I'm not saying that she had any "motivation" for writing false information. That's why I said they were MISTAKES. Your response makes it sound as if I said she wrote these things on purpose which is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yes, I recognize the OP. However, it doesn't mean she's wrong. OP, change doctors, but before that add a letter to your file with a list of corrections. It may seem like insignificant details to others, but if they matter to you, you can do that. My husband is a doctor and always very precise in his note taking. That sort of thing wouldn't fly with him.

My husband is also a doctor. How do you have any idea what his note taking is like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If that is an error you are complaining about, I would side with the doctor. Ridiculous.

OP. This isn't ridiculous because I'm someone who has a heart condition. It's important that I take care of my diet and exercise. I never stated this and to write that in the notes will give other providers (and insurance) the wrong impression. I'm very health conscious.

You don’t seem to have any respect for your doctors time or for what really matters if you are still harping on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My advice would be to pick and choose your battles. If you want the incorrect diagnosis corrected, OK that's fair. But bringing up all these other little things that are more you being unhappy with the word choice makes you seem unreasonable and is why the doctor isn't taking you seriously.

This. You are wasting her time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If that is an error you are complaining about, I would side with the doctor. Ridiculous.

OP. This isn't ridiculous because I'm someone who has a heart condition. It's important that I take care of my diet and exercise. I never stated this and to write that in the notes will give other providers (and insurance) the wrong impression. I'm very health conscious.

You don’t seem to have any respect for your doctors time or for what really matters if you are still harping on this.

Now I don't have respect for their time? I have already stated I have a heart condition and the notes are important.
I could also say the doctor doesn't have respect for me as a patient when I tell them they wrote that a former doctor diagnosed a condition that I don't have and they won't change it.

[Anonymous]

Fire the doctor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If that is an error you are complaining about, I would side with the doctor. Ridiculous.

OP. This isn't ridiculous because I'm someone who has a heart condition. It's important that I take care of my diet and exercise. I never stated this and to write that in the notes will give other providers (and insurance) the wrong impression. I'm very health conscious.

No one gives a shit that you had an unhealthy eating period in grad school. Who didn't? You are making mountains out of molehills.

If she has a heart condition, insurers might. I would mark up the notes with corrections and make a record by sending them back to the facility asking that the record be corrected. Keep a copy for your own records. And then find a new doctor.

Did you read that the doctor refused her corrections?

Of course. That’s not the end of it. She asked the doctor to make corrections. She should literally make the corrections and submit the document to a higher up, making a written record as she does so. The record is what matters silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I wonder if one of those are what this MD claims the previous MD diagnosed her with, lol