The Importance of Good Records
Everything from your allergies to your payment records with medical facilities can hurt you if they are wrong in your report. You could be wrong treatment or even denied treatment at all. By keeping your own records, you can dispute anything that is false.
Do you think you could be denied a job because of something wrong in your medical records? You would be branded as a risk, especially if the company offers insurance, they would know that you are going to cost more money to hire. The same goes for applying for health insurance where your medical records indicate that you would require prescription drugs, doctor visits and increased chance of an emergency. It is quite ordeal if you do in fact have a disability, but imaging if you do not have a let-you will be turned down for insurance, while being completely excluded for disability financial assistance.
Maybe you can request that your doctor check a suspicious lump in her breast. If the second doctor decides that it is only a cyst and have it removed, your personal records show that you are cancer-free. But if this visit was documented incorrectly, or not, you may have trouble getting insured and not know why. If you had a transcript of the second visit, which took the cyst, this situation would be easily disputed and your record would be accurate.
Human error is simply a part of life, even on medical documents. It is important to always keep your own records so that insurance companies get accurate information about you and your health. If you are being turned down for insurance and do not know why you are best advised to be sure that you do not become distorted in your journal. This problem can be cleared up quickly and easily if you are responsible enough to keep your own personal records.