The latest survey from the Truth On Call is carried out in 100 the surgery revealed that the majority of patients had surreptitiously opportunity to open the contents of notes in the medical record sheets. Intention was conducted when the doctor left him alone in the practice room.
"The nurse left it on the table, then I open the open myself and I read it," said Wendie Howland, a patient from Cape Cod, Massachusetts who are hospitalized for 10 days because of infection, as quoted by MSNBC, Tuesday (20/12 / 2011).
How surprised Howland, in the note he found that a few years ago a doctor had to sew the wound in the wrong places on her body. Errors were thought to trigger an infection that tormented him last few months.
"I did it because I think that's the best thing I can do. I am angry that so uncomfortable the past few months," complained Howland.
The survey involving 40,000 patients in several cities in the United States is noted, 90 percent of patients want to know what is written on the doctor's medical records. Most patients claimed to be more obedient to take medication if it knows the actual health condition.
On the other hand, some doctors in the United States less likely if the content is read by the patient's medical record. The main reason is, so that patients do not ask too many questions and created long lines at the next patient waiting to be examined.
Whereas in many countries including Indonesia, patients are entitled to know any information regarding his health. Even patients also have the right to not believe in such information, then seek a second opinion if he thought the information is questionable.
"By law, patients are entitled to know the contents of the note. Doctors can only complicate the patient secretly, but absolutely no right to forbid it," said Dr. Tom Delbanco of Harvard University who reported his findings in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
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