Doctor and Patient – Letting Patients Read Their Doctors’ Notes – NYTimes.com
Here’s an interesting story about transparency in healthcare. You would think that a simple request for a physician’s notes would be just that – simple – but there’s a lot more than meets the eye:
Doctor and Patient – Letting Patients Read Their Doctors’ Notes – NYTimes.com.
Imagine a car mechanic refusing to let you see the invoice, or a restaurant refusing to show you a receipt. While they are not exact parallels, it helps to illustrate that healthcare, right or wrong, is not like other industries.
