A study found two-thirds of physicians use fax machines to share medical records, a statistic one lawyer said is problematic, HalifaxToday reports. McInnis Cooper Privacy Lawyer David Fraser said no one can be certain who ends up seeing a patient’s information once it is sent, as well as concerns about duplicates. "Something that's started on a computer is then printed out, scanned in to a fax machine, faxed to the other end, printed out at the other end, and then if they want to put in into their own filing system they end up scanning it. So you end up with multiple paper copies,” said Fraser, who advocates for using electronic health records to share data.
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