Funny that. I was in the SF Bay Area and was at two different hospital systems / doctors for completely unrelated situations. I positively watched the docs look at the computer and then they talked to me about medical issues I did NOT share with them. Nor did I give any system permission to share with the others. Three systems in all, an…
Funny that. I was in the SF Bay Area and was at two different hospital systems / doctors for completely unrelated situations. I positively watched the docs look at the computer and then they talked to me about medical issues I did NOT share with them. Nor did I give any system permission to share with the others. Three systems in all, and they can very clearly “see” across supposed boundaries. Opting out is BS. It doesn’t happen.
I'm thinking this likely is linked through your insurance network?
I've wondered with all the different insurance systems in the US - whether Insurance A talks to Insurance B, or if the networks are mutually exclusive. If you left the state, and went somewhere "out of network" would it be the same?
It is not an insurance network. It is this hospital system linking to that one and this medical foundation (a large group of doctors) system linking to another hospital. I watched the doctor / nurse navigate their systems.
If I left the state, doctors elsewhere probably would not have access like this. But I do not know for sure. Depends on if there is an umbrella corporation above the hospital or medical group. Like everything, when there is $$$, it gets bigger and bigger.
Funny that. I was in the SF Bay Area and was at two different hospital systems / doctors for completely unrelated situations. I positively watched the docs look at the computer and then they talked to me about medical issues I did NOT share with them. Nor did I give any system permission to share with the others. Three systems in all, and they can very clearly “see” across supposed boundaries. Opting out is BS. It doesn’t happen.
I'm thinking this likely is linked through your insurance network?
I've wondered with all the different insurance systems in the US - whether Insurance A talks to Insurance B, or if the networks are mutually exclusive. If you left the state, and went somewhere "out of network" would it be the same?
It is not an insurance network. It is this hospital system linking to that one and this medical foundation (a large group of doctors) system linking to another hospital. I watched the doctor / nurse navigate their systems.
If I left the state, doctors elsewhere probably would not have access like this. But I do not know for sure. Depends on if there is an umbrella corporation above the hospital or medical group. Like everything, when there is $$$, it gets bigger and bigger.
Here is one example: https://www.dignityhealth.org/ourlocations now crosses state lines.
Yes, these networks have become behemoths since I left the US 20 years ago.