Re: CT Scan follow up/ /digital age

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In Israel the patient is responsible for keeping the file. I have

everything here at home. From blood test results to CT and MRI disks

and X-ray pictures. I back everything up on the computer and I bring

my entire file (2 inches thick by now) to any doctor's visit so I have

everything a doctor can ask for.

I love the digital age by the way. My last ERCP was performed in

another hospital than my hepatologist works (his hospital is too far

away). I asked for a CD with the pictures and they gave it to me. They

actually gave me everything they have from me. Chest X-rays from when

I was admitted to that hospital with fever, an ultrasound, everything.

I just had a CT scan as well and I got the results on a CD as well.

Regards,

Chaim Boermeester, Israel

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> As a pt you have the right to know your results. I would follow up with

> your doctors office and ask for a copy of the results. My doctor told

> me to always get a copy of my test reports and to keep them in a file.

> I travel often and my doc gave me a CD with my latest MRI so that if I

> have any problems I can give it to the doctor wherever I am.

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> It is your health and generally no news is good news when you don't

> hear back from the doctors office. There are times when pt's fall thru

> the crackes, remember your doctor and his staff are human and can make

> mistakes! (I am a nurse and see mistakes on a regular basis)

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