We paid for the health care services. Now we want our records, please. Thank you. We will use them to promote our own health in partnership with the system and the various teams and divisions who must collaborate with us towards success. This is the 21st century model that Manitobans need, and deserve, without further delay.
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ReplyDeleteI have had a nice conversation with some of the developers of this blog and given the circumstances of a meltdown of politics in Ontario, it does not appear to be a problem if some players over there want to adopt some of the approach in Manitoba or Saskatchewan for that matter
ReplyDeleteThe idea with this topic is twofold.
ReplyDeleteFirst, we cannot move toward any kind of health service improvement if our records are held hostage.
The second element is that for expediency alone, in the system we already have, it would be faster and better if we had a copy of our record in chip form just like a personal debit card. The card could be read by anyone with your own permission by pin or by any emergency room if you were incapacitated. No more waiting for patient records in an emergency or record transfers for new multiple professionals working on your case.
None of this stops existing paper trails but at some point they will become redundant and although you might have a backed up central data repository, so nothing gets lost, your own card is portable and works. This is not "Star Wars" technology. It exists today.
Just a short word about the deleted post above. I do not know yet how to delete without it showing. I actually just moved that comment which dealt with the formation of all comments and the nature of the spokesperson to an earlier and more appropriate April posting.