[Magdalen] Modern technology!

[Scott Knitter]

My dentist's office can display my dental x-rays on a screen in front of me
just seconds after the x-rays are taken.

They can also display on the same screen the master schedule for each
dentist and hygienist, showing each patient's name, phone number, and
appointment time. I've also seen a screen listing patients' names, dates of
birth, and social security numbers. If I had a photographic memory, I could
have gone home with some highly valuable identity information in addition
to my little baggie holding a brand-new toothbrush and some toothpaste and
floss samples.

The hygienists really need to pay attention to the information they're
letting the system show on the patient's screen. This reminds me that I
need to email the dentist about this.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I went to pick up some X-rays this morning to take to an appointment at
> the spine center on Thursday, expecting to fill out the request and then
> wait till this afternoon or tomorrow morning. The woman said it would just
> be a few minutes, and when I went back, she handed me a 5x7 envelope.
> They're on a CD!!
>
> Of course, if the two local hospitals weren't engaged in a turf battle,
> they could have just sent them electronically for my appointment! But the
> two electronic records systems don't talk to each other...




-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA