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Understanding your Health Record / Information
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Each time you visit a hospital , physician, or
other healthcare provider, a record of your visit is made.
Typically, this record contains your symptoms, examination and
test results, diagnoses, treatment, and a plan for future care or
treatment. This information, which we refer to as your health or
medical record, is an essential part of the health care we provide
for your. It serves as a:
- Basis for planning your care and treatment
- Means of communication among the many health professionals
who contribute to your care
- Legal document describing the care you received
- Means by which you or a third-party payer can verify that
services billed were actually provided
- Tool in educating health professionals
- Source of data for medical research
- Source of information for public health officials charged
with improving the health of the nation
- Source of data for facility planning and marketing tool with which we can assess and continually work to
improve the care we render and the outcomes we achieve.
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