Last week, I asked the Internet whether it was important for them to view their electronic medical records. Almost 1,000 people voted, with a resounding 77% responding that they wanted access to their record "like yesterday."
It might seem obvious that patients voted to view documents that contain information about medical histories, immunization reports, doctors' annotations, diagnoses, and prescriptions. In some cases, accessing records has resulted in patients stepping in to to correct important medical errors or oversight, or avoiding duplicate testing.
