Do doctors' offices share our data without our knowledge?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with this system is not the convenience for your doctor. It's that your sensitive information can potentially get abused by say, the receptionist or other personnel. If you live in a big city it's less of a concern because big cities are impersonal and nobody really cares to get all up in other people's business. Outside of big cities, people are all about getting up in other people's business. Guaranteed they will read your very personal information and broadcast it. Guaranteed. If your enemy works in a medical setting, your information is getting spilled. That's the problem with this system.

What you are describing would be way more likely to happen with paper records than with digital.

[Anonymous]

There is definitely a database for controlled substances

[Anonymous]

No not unless we're talking EPIC (hospital EMR) or INOVA. Other non-surgical practices don't have access to EPIC or other doctor's EMRs. None of them talk to each other. That's why it's so stupid to have EMRs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is definitely a central database that doctors can access. A doctor told me this.

My question is: Do specialist doctor's offices access a database to get your medication info or vaccination info?

I had a recently prescribed one-time medication added to my list at a specialist. It was just a med that one uses for a short time.

Yesterday, I had a procedure and the doctor's office sent notes about it. All of my medications and vaccinations are listed in the document. However, I did not provide this particular doctor with that most recent medicine (since I won't be taking it again and it was out of my system).

So, do they access this data from a central database?

Another time, I was at a different specialist and she looked up all my past data, including a random time I had to visit the ER while on vacation ten or twelve years prior. I found it creepy.

Is this a controlled medication, such as a narcotic, or a benzodiazipene, or something like that? Some states require a physician to access the state database and run a background check on a regular basis, as do some clinics and hospitals. Each state has a central database, and you can access other states as well. You can hide these prescriptions any more.

[Anonymous]

^^cannot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with this system is not the convenience for your doctor. It's that your sensitive information can potentially get abused by say, the receptionist or other personnel. If you live in a big city it's less of a concern because big cities are impersonal and nobody really cares to get all up in other people's business. Outside of big cities, people are all about getting up in other people's business. Guaranteed they will read your very personal information and broadcast it. Guaranteed. If your enemy works in a medical setting, your information is getting spilled. That's the problem with this system.

Are you a teen? Never heard of HIPAA and know how the medical world works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is definitely a central database that doctors can access. A doctor told me this.

My question is: Do specialist doctor's offices access a database to get your medication info or vaccination info?

I had a recently prescribed one-time medication added to my list at a specialist. It was just a med that one uses for a short time.

Yesterday, I had a procedure and the doctor's office sent notes about it. All of my medications and vaccinations are listed in the document. However, I did not provide this particular doctor with that most recent medicine (since I won't be taking it again and it was out of my system).

So, do they access this data from a central database?

Another time, I was at a different specialist and she looked up all my past data, including a random time I had to visit the ER while on vacation ten or twelve years prior. I found it creepy.

Is this a controlled medication, such as a narcotic, or a benzodiazipene, or something like that? Some states require a physician to access the state database and run a background check on a regular basis, as do some clinics and hospitals. Each state has a central database, and you can access other states as well. You can hide these prescriptions any more.

No, its for all medications. My specialist looked at it as we were trying to figure out how I can pay privately to get more of a medication I need and insurance only pays for a limited amount of (not a controlled medication).