If you choose to seek civilian care instead of going to the VA for treatment, how do civilian doctors access your medical records to look at your medical history? Do you have to bring them by hand are do the VA or Tricare have them electronically on file for the civilian doctors to look at? Thanks!
Civilian Treatment Once Retired or Separated
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I only lived in the U.S. a short time before retiring overseas but when I did seek treatment near my home of record by approved Tricare specialist I needed to hand carry my medical history. I did this by sifting through and printing out all pertinent information to make verification of past treatment and medications easy for my new provider. None ever actually seemed as if they had access to my medical file. Not saying this is the case but that was my experience.
You will have to hand carry your records. When you retire/separate you can request all your records. Most doctors will do an intake exam. In my case, no one was interested in three boxes of records. Based on my intake exam the doctor did ask for very specific parts of my record.
I'm getting my record downloaded to a CD. Thank goodness lol
Tricareonline.com has the short version of my medical records online. Do you think these shortened versions of medical records will suffice?
(I'm talking about the Tricare Online Blue Button by the way.)
(I'm talking about the Tricare Online Blue Button by the way.)
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A CD would have been nice!
I know, right? >=[
I'm gonna get a big ass binder with dividers and buy some color coded tabs to make everything organized and easily accessible for my new doctors.
Yea I went with the CD option so that taking my record home would be less cumbersome. Also new doctors can easily find things by using CTRL F or download my record for their file.
I brought a cd for my records review at TDRL Eval and she wouldn't open it. I got reviewed without any records. They lowered my rating 20% and put me on PDRL for a mental health condition.
crap! I guess I better get a paper copy as well then. thanks for the heads up
McRob, Could you PM your contact information? I'm planning to move oversea after my retirement in 3 months from Norfolk. I have thousand questions to ask if you don't mind.