This is why it's important to read your own medical records

Have you ever contemplated reading your own medical records as captured during visits to your doctors’? And I don’t mean any edited or summarized records. You may cringe at the thought of leafing through detailed notes describing your medical frailties. But the practice is already commonplace for many, and some find it helpful in having a full understanding of their illnesses.

Electronic medical records continue to replace handwritten doctor’s notes. Add this to the clamour of unrestricted access to medical records, and you have a ready recipe for reading through your own notes. When at your doctor’s, discussions can be captured electronically, either as typed documents or audial files. You could immediately get a copy as you leave, or a password to access the notes via an encrypted server at a convenient time.