Although many people have used Siftsort.com for financial records and other similar documents with an advisor, the need for secure storage and sharing of medical information is important too.
One of our friends’ father fell the Thursday before Thanksgiving. He didn’t want to call 911, so the next morning, they went to urgent care for an X-ray. It turned out nothing was broken, and a radiologist would take 2-3 days to read the X-ray. On Saturday, it was very evident something was terribly wrong. They called for the radiology report and learned it was a dislocated shoulder. The urgent care said you can pick up the X-ray to take to the Emergency Room and they would make a DVD.
They got the DVD on the way to the ER. It turned out at the ER that there was more than just the shoulder. They took 10 X-rays of the injured shoulder, 2 of the chest, 2 of the other hand, 2 of the knee. Plus, there are records from all the other tests they did. For some reason, the hospital could not just give the records to them as they left (which is now a law, to offer you e-records at discharge), so they will go and get the ER DVD and upload the files into their Siftsort.com account so they can share with the general practitioner, physical therapist, and possibly the orthopedic surgeon.
Typically, practice groups may have their own patient portals, with different login information. Instead of trying to remember the site names, login information to 3-5 different sites, these people now have 1 site with 1 log (Siftsort.com) so they can share any medical information they need to with all the relevant medical professionals, simplifying their lives in an increasingly complex world.
See the next post for the next chapter of this story.