Comments on: It’s Your Data … Shouldn’t You Have Access To It? http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009/06/22/its-your-data-shouldnt-you-have-access-to-it/ A receptacle for genetic knowledge. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Phantom http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009/06/22/its-your-data-shouldnt-you-have-access-to-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1977 Phantom Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:59:35 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=3833#comment-1977 Having access to your medical files and data is a fundamental right. It can also be very useful. When my mom was gravely ill, I made sure to get copies of most test results, etc. as they became available. This proved priceless when we needed to make an emergency change in doctors. The new doctor got a full copy of her file right away, while the hospital bureaucracy wanted to take their sweet time to duplicate her file. Having access to your medical files and data is a fundamental right. It can also be very useful.

When my mom was gravely ill, I made sure to get copies of most test results, etc. as they became available. This proved priceless when we needed to make an emergency change in doctors. The new doctor got a full copy of her file right away, while the hospital bureaucracy wanted to take their sweet time to duplicate her file.

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