“I see my doctor about once every 2-4 months (lately while we have been working through some issues). In between each visit my doctor sees a couple thousand other patients. I don’t expect him to remember my story in between each visit. But I do expect him to keep good track of what’s going on with me, and to refresh his memory before each of my visits. He does, and he uses an EHR to do it. I also expect him to be able to share my story with other providers that he refers me to. Because he has an EHR, he has the records he needs to do it, and can easily extract the relevant data he needs to communicate to others.”
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Keith W. Boone, Healthcare Standards, 17 October 2011
