4 Great reasons for us to quickly gather your medical records for you after you are treated:
Your records are not kept indefinitely by health care providers. Retention times may vary, depending on where you were treated.
Most of your records are probably stored on paper. Paper records can be misfiled, destroyed by fire, damaged by water, or simply lost. They are usually not created in multiple copies. This means the original record may be the only copy that exists. We acquire a copy, digitally scan it, and place it on your VitalKey so that you always have it.
Your older records may be stored on microfiche, and the quality can deteriorate over time.
Like everyone else, physicians retire, sell their practices, merge with other practices, or die.
