Sally , I know my bank (USbank) and the credit union I use have alerts you can set up online on their website.

I have most of my accounts & credit card set @ 40.00 -anything over then it sends me an email.
probably can set it for a text also if you use smart phones or such..

But I'm sure you can call the card issuer and ask about other options if not thru a bank.

I used to use US Bank. My DD worked there. She works at Wells Fargo now,
so I just use my old ck acct at 5th 3rd bank. I will call them, thanks.

Sally,
You can call the number on the back of your card and they will tell you how to go about reducing your limit.
The security alert for charges over a certain amount is a great thing to have on there as well.

Sorry for hi-jacking the thread with this security stuff.
With love, Erika

I use MyChart, it is nice to send msgs to my Dr & get updates on test results too.

Erika I understand your concerns. As far as I could see there were no identifying hings like insurance or social security numbers on his chart on line. They issued me an identification number that expired in 2 weeks if I didn't use it and then would have to get a new number. There were also a very limited amount of labs on it. His EKGs were not nor were the cardiac caths. No history and physical or progress notes. There was a medicine list, i don't know if he had had any controlled substance medicine if they would be allowed there or not. It did offer the ability to request refills on line and to send messages. I have not done that nor do I think I will. I prefer to hear a persons voice although I hate phone menus and voice mails. I am hoping that if my neuro's office offers it I can have access to my MRIs.

A few months ago I received a letter from a hospital in a city nearby where I had gone for care over a decade ago. Apparently, my medical and personal information, along with several thousand others, which was on microfiche, had been found dumped in a public park! The medical record disposal company had dumped it rather than shredding as they were supposed to do. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/12/r...n-dallas-park/

I received a year's subscription to a privacy protection service. So far, so good. I am also very careful to not put my social security number on things.

I think I will take Kitty's advice about not filling out new paperwork each year unless something has changed. If they don't want my $$ money for the appt if I won't fill out the things, then that's fine, too. I think it's time to start "drawing lines in the sand!"

My Chart is a decent feature for me, but I still annoyed that one hospital chain in my region has their portal for "thier" version of My Chart and the other hospital chain in my region has a completely different portal/version -> why can't I have simply have one MyChart account/user ID that shows everything? Proprietary contracts sometimes are more trouble than they are worth...

My family doctor does not use my chart but I have found that if I have our lab work drawn at the hospital we go to that the lab work is on there. So I just need to figure out now how to get my own chart reference number.

Super paranoid? Maybe
Super smart- for sure!

I've been using MyChart for my primary care doctor for some years now. I agree with Sally--privacy is pretty much a thing of the past nowadays, and let's just hope that the wrong people don't get hold of our data.


No personal information is on there for me other than the test results and scheduled appointments that the doctor's office sends me.

I looked at it--it has a photo of me, plus my name, address, and phone number--and that's all it has other than my medical information. There's a link where I can "See who's accessed my medical record." I'm the only one who has been looking into it.