tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post1489240985537891902..comments2024-03-28T01:15:58.182-06:00Comments on Adventures in Improving Access: A mother's voice speaks loudly and clearly for EMR and PFCCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-16326819838597511312011-04-14T21:25:13.423-06:002011-04-14T21:25:13.423-06:00Thanks for telling your story!Thanks for telling your story!Kishore Visvanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15504511919719658161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-76993522440843745562011-04-14T15:07:11.787-06:002011-04-14T15:07:11.787-06:00I relate only to well to Anonymous’ struggle as a ...I relate only to well to Anonymous’ struggle as a mother to keep information current for her daughter. Several years ago my husband, in the beginning of his kidney disease went to his specialist to be told “ all looks good, creatinine is the same’ but I (wife/nurse ) had in my possession the latest blood work – with the creatinine climbing ! When the specialist saw the most recent blood work from my purse, he sent my husband directly to the hospital for admission. <br />Since then I have undertaken to have recent copies of blood work, tests and reports ready for all the doctors and nurses we have met through a complicated history of failed transplant and dialysis. I coordinate pre-transplant work up, immunizations, dialysis tests, across two regions. I have avoided duplicate tests and ensured an accurate follow-up is being done. In a similar experience to you, a chiropractor was unable to access his x-ray reports through the electronic system, due to an electronic glitch. I wonder what happens when a client doesn’t have an advocate like me or like anonymous mother . <br />An EMR would simplify so many of these requests and eliminate repeat tests for someone who is followed by several areas . We have talked EMR for a long time in Saskatchewan. Isn’t it time we actually had it ? You advise anonymous mother to write to her MP etc. I have done that in my frustration with the stalled SK kidney transplant program and to be honest, the answers in lovely form letters do not reassure me in any way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com