Yes. Medical facilities can search and print your records if you're being admitted to a facility and you ask them to, or if you can't communicate, the admitting staff person, nurse, or doctor can go to the MyDirectives database and look for your digital advance care plan. For hospitals that use paper medical records, your printed forms usually will be attached to your medical file. MyDirectives is working with hospitals with electronic medical records to ensure that they will eventually be able to attach your digital advance care plan to your digital medical file.
Does this information become part of my medical record? If so, how? Print
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