[sci.med.aids] correcting your medical record ...

henry@GARP.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch) (10/22/90)

this friday i learned that my antibody status was erroneously recorded
on my medical record (in fact, i haven't been tested for HIV exposure
by this organization at all).  a phone call to the office where the
transcription from hand-written records to an on-line system has
confirmed the error in transcription, and they have promised to
correct the error within 72 hours (thus, when i turn up on tuesday
afternoon it's supposed to be fixed).  

i have learned that i can get a copy of this record by turning up at
their records department with appropriate ID (i expect the record i am
given then is the on-line version and not copies of the hand-written
originals).  i plan on doing this.

some unanswered questions i expect to put to the head of their records
department include "who had access to this erroneous record?" ... i
wonder exactly what else i need to be thinking about when i go to
these people with questions.

# Henry Mensch    /   <henry@garp.mit.edu>   /   E40-379 MIT,  Cambridge, MA
# <hmensch@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay> / <henry@tts.lth.se> / <mensch@munnari.oz.au>
#     via X.400: S=mensch; OU=informatik; P=tu-muenchen; A=dbp; C=de