[blaurenceclark]

110% true, and I can give multiple examples of this

1) Fortunately I went to just one provider for all my treatment and they make the entire EMR extract available for patient download through their website (Sutter Health in CA) props to them for doing a great job at this

2) When dealing with issues w/ other family members and friends we've often only been able to get very minimal data extracts and had to actually fax in requests to get the full medical record sent to us on a CD weeks later.

3) Services are now popping up to do that for you, picnichealth, patientbank, etc. and they should be able to get your full detailed record to view for a cost instead of doing it yourself