Physical Presence of Doctor must to Authenticate Lab, Radiology Report: MCI in RTI response
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New Delhi: The physical presence of doctors is necessary for authentication of Laboratory as well as radiology reports, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has recently clarified in an RTI reply.
The clarification indeed comes as a death knell to the practice followed by many specialists, who verify laboratory reports remotely based on technician's evaluation without themselves going through the investigations themselves.
With the advent of technology, the use of digitised/scanned signatures has become a common phenomenon in diagnostic reports particularly laboratory reports. However, such technological advancement, while bringing convenience to doctors, has indeed proven to be risky as patients with the growing practice of lending and/or even signature stealing, where signed lab reports are given to the patient without authentication of the test by the qualified doctor.
The clarification indeed comes as a death knell to the practice followed by many specialists, who verify laboratory reports remotely based on technician's evaluation without themselves going through the investigations themselves.
With the advent of technology, the use of digitised/scanned signatures has become a common phenomenon in diagnostic reports particularly laboratory reports. However, such technological advancement, while bringing convenience to doctors, has indeed proven to be risky as patients with the growing practice of lending and/or even signature stealing, where signed lab reports are given to the patient without authentication of the test by the qualified doctor.
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