I think that this is one of the most frustrating tasks for any patient that has more than 1 doctor! And then there are the insurance companies to deal with on top of the doctors' offices. I too stand there and watch while the doc, or sometimes their MA or nurse, indicates on the form who the results should go to, and they are still not sent. That leads me to believe it is the transcriptionist or a file room clerk making the error. But, it happens and Liz has some great ideas for preventing it!!! Thanks Liz.

Our small town is growing quickly and if I see a specialist here, I know they will be able to just pull my file as everything is scanned and loaded into a system they (the offices) all have access to. We just had our hospital open last January and if the docs have offices attached to the hospital, they have the program. Most medical doctors have moved into these offices so it makes it nice and easy dealing with them. Too bad I have several out of town!

Later all,
nancyh