Leslie,
Great rant there, very accurate and on target. I think we are all hitting the same issue here. It is a matter of trust in the vendor, creator of the product and our ability to always have originally created and intended access to our OWN data and charts. This is our data, our charts that were created in, with the use of the tool, Amazing Charts.
And let's not ever forget that they are really our patients' as well. This is their medical information, their PHI, that we have created for both ourselves and for them. Is this not why so many of us are up in arms over all that other CCHITT, CCHITT??? To protect both ours and our patient's rights of privacy? What is the real intent of a chart or medical record? To remind a provider as to what has happened or was discovered in the patient's past so as to assist them in the continued treatment of that patient into the future. And almost any other reasons that many bring forward today are false reasons on shaky grounds. They were never intended to be used to track data for medical or business purposes, to allow the gov't or insurance carriers to spy on providers and patients, citizens.
This is about the protection of the provider and the patient to always have proper access to this important data for good continued treatment, all other issues take a back seat to this first and most important one.
I can still remember the local GP, FP I used to see as a kid who kept all of his notes and records on large sized index cards in a few rows same sized draws. He and his wife could run an entire medical practice by themselves and they always knew each and every one of their patients by name. Where we are going and what we have become is an abomination to the proper practice of primary care. Anyway, AC is our index cards that AC and Jon supplied the cards and pens for use to create our charts in, nothing more, nothing less. A great tool at a great price, but once created in the program all things then are the property of the provider and their patient. Keep your hands off my index cards....
