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How you gain if doctors can call up all your health records

Patients can still control access to sensitive information but an integrated national electronic health record system will be a game changer. It’s coming.

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Integrated health records promise better continuity of care and will reduce needless tests and referrals.

Integrated health records promise better continuity of care and will reduce needless tests and referrals.

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Teo Yik Ying

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It is the year 2029 and I am visiting my

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general practitioner (GP) for my annual check-up. The moment she opens my file on her screen, she sees that I have already completed a health screening the previous month arranged for all employees at my university. My weight, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels were all within a healthy range.

When I mention a persistent pain in my knee, she notes that I recently had an MRI scan at a private specialist clinic. She can view my medication list and even the notes from the specialist I have been seeing.

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