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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 1854768" data-attributes="member: 468714">In one hospital that I know of in Australia (and maybe more) there is a section of policy which states that  a patient or representative may view and write in his/her health (usually) medical record during the hospital admission (A7E etc onwards). This policy arose from a Coroner's recommendation. In that sense this policy, introduced in 2006, some 6 years after the Coroner's recommendation was made, is a bright light is an otherwise gloomy and sad tale. Of course no other hospital is bound by the Coroner's recommendation, and even then the Coroner's recommendation has no obligatory power. However, if a further death occurred in that hospital , which implementation and adherence to this policy could have prevented, the insurance implications for the hospital would be daunting. However, the particular recommended section is buried within general hospital policies and not even the local Health Advocate Agency and other patient support groups were unaware of it does tend to speak volumes also.In Oz at least I could find no legal impediment to such a policy being made , but of course bureaucracies are often driven by convenience (or reduction of inconvenience) and fear of litigation rather than what is best for patients.What is the situation in your neck of the woods ? Could implementation of such a policy have prevented problems and worse regarding your diabetes, or that of a friend or relative? Should the same apply to GP and DSN records ? And what do you think of a different but perhaps parallel scheme in the US called OpenNotes ?</blockquote>

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