Those rumors about how the VA works?

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Totally correct.

I had an appointment last Wednesday, and an appointment today. Both appointments were in the same building, on the same floor. And less then a week apart.

In that time they lost my medical records. No. Shit. Gone.

What records specifically?
The VA (and others) are constantly pimping their electronic records.
Everyone with a clinical background has had to do some time training at the VA. Mine was a long time ago, but even back then their records were pretty impressive and ahead of most of the rest of the HC world.
That's why I'm curious how they could lose it. Not doubting you, just curious what it was.

[tmleadr03]

What records specifically?
The VA (and others) are constantly pimping their electronic records.
Everyone with a clinical background has had to do some time training at the VA. Mine was a long time ago, but even back then their records were pretty impressive and ahead of most of the rest of the HC world.
That's why I'm curious how they could lose it. Not doubting you, just curious what it was.

The 7 inch thick medical records.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

The 7 inch thick medical records.

As in you brought outside paper charts or they had them?

[tmleadr03]

As in you brought outside paper charts or they had them?

It is theirs. I have a copy of most of it somewhere.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

It is theirs. I have a copy of most of it somewhere.

Weird. I wonder why they even had it on paper.

[tmleadr03]

Weird. I wonder why they even had it on paper.

They had quite a few 7-15 inch thick files behind the counter.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

They had quite a few 7-15 inch thick files behind the counter.

Which begs the question of why they spend so much time pimping their e-records?
Nothing like all that duplication to waste a bunch of time and money.