Check Your Medical Records for Dangerous Errors

Check Your Medical Records for Dangerous Errors
Patients have a right to see their medical records, and make sure there are no mistakes. Pixabay
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When Liz Tidyman’s elderly parents moved across the country to be closer to their children and grandchildren years ago, they carried their medical records with them in a couple of brown cardboard folders tied with string.

Two days after their arrival, Tidyman’s father fell, which hadn’t happened before, and he went to a hospital for an evaluation.

Judith Graham
Judith Graham
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Judith Graham is a contributing columnist for Kaiser Health News, which originally published this article. KHN’s coverage of these topics is supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and The SCAN Foundation.
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