Patients fail to realize, IMO, that the physician isn't getting paid for the time that he goes through old records, unless the patient is sitting there in front of him. That's one reason why we don't request the records ahead of time, unless we specifically know that the patient has had prior imaging studies pertaining to the reason for their visit.
Which brings me to point number 2...when I ask a hospital for "Cranial Imaging Only" and they send me the patients ENTIRE visit record (if they were inpatient when the study took place, it can be quite lengthy). I just wanted the CT/MRI report and I got the Kitchen sink. Makes me shake my head. You get everything or you get nothing.
