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If You Live in BC
Topic Started: Jun 27 2015, 05:45 PM (206 Views)
Shorty	Jun 27 2015, 05:45 PM Post #1
Red Star Member Posts: 2,301 Group: Member Member #1,150 Joined: February 12, 2015	This may seem antiquated if you already have this. In BC there are two companies that now give you the results of your medical tests. These are using eHealth through Valley Medical and BC BioMedical Labs. These do limited tests so what you have done at the hospital is only given to you verbally via your doctor. A friend just found out about these reports. She'd been seeing a specialist and he said he thought she was deficient in two area and would test for them. Because she saw her results, it was obvious that he forgot to order either one. JMHO, in this electronic age we should get copies of all our tests. I can't remember what tests or procedures I had done 30 or 40 years ago.



Darcie	Jun 28 2015, 02:03 AM Post #2
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	That is good advice. I once was told by the head of neurology in a large hospital in Montreal that all patients should ask for hard copies of all tests as well as pick up copies of their Xrays and scans. He said that many just get lost in the shuffle, that they can get put in the wrong person's file, even electronically and that the long wait times for a specialist to get information can be shortened if you have everything. I am going to see a specialist soon and they requested that I go to the facility where I had my scan and request a copy of it on a CD. I was told by the nurse that this is done to ensure accuracy and to shorten the waiting time.



wildie	Jun 28 2015, 08:03 AM Post #3
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Shorty Jun 27 2015, 05:45 PM This may seem antiquated if you already have this. In BC there are two companies that now give you the results of your medical tests. These are using eHealth through Valley Medical and BC BioMedical Labs. These do limited tests so what you have done at the hospital is only given to you verbally via your doctor. A friend just found out about these reports. She'd been seeing a specialist and he said he thought she was deficient in two area and would test for them. Because she saw her results, it was obvious that he forgot to order either one. JMHO, in this electronic age we should get copies of all our tests. I can't remember what tests or procedures I had done 30 or 40 years ago. I receive my medical service's at a group clinic. All the records are kept on computers and the doctor has a screen in the examining room, where he can look at your history and add any new info if necessary. Hard copy isn't offered, but if I make a request. they are quite willing to print it out for me!



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