Your Health Information Belongs To You — But The Record Does Not

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In most of the Western world, your physical health record — the actual file, whether paper or electronic — belongs to your provider or the hospital. But the information inside it belongs to you. You have the right to ask for it, in whole or in part. 🌸 If you're in Canada, the US, the UK, or similar countries, you have more power here than you might realize over your health records!

We have been talking about AI Transcription in the Ask Lynne Community of late. So important to understand the error issues and how it can affect your health record and health care.

A comment for a community member, really sums it up well.

@𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐧𝐞.

𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐈, 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧.

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬.

𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

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