thanks tim!
i love seinfeld, thought i'd seen every episode at least a half dozen times, no idea how i missed that one, but loved it,
thank you for the laugh.
at least i've never seen THAT in any of my charts
funny story: last time i was in my rheumy's office, had to wait 1.5 hours, so thought i'd save us all some time by looking to see what i had already given him to send to NIH and which of the tests results i had were newer. so i took my chart from the little slot at the door and started looking at things and this nurse comes along and snatches it from my hands and demands to know what exactly i think i'm doing. so i explain it, innocently. until that day i had no idea we were not allowed to look at our charts. i mean its about me, so why not? i can request the information in writing (its a law now), so why can't i see it? maybe i've been lucky that all my other doctors share everything with me so openly and honestly, i had no idea that a doctor would ever care if i looked at my chart. i really thought it was supposed to be open access to the patient, again i'll reiterate, its about me, am i not allowed to know about myself? i think we should never write anything down that we don't want someone else to see. that's the policy i use when evaluating students, be it letters of recommendation, etc. if i want to discuss a student with another faculty member, i make sure its verbally, as not to leave a paper trail. thought doctors would operate the same way. medical world really is an eye opener sometimes.
again though, thanks for the laugh!
