Medical Record .gifs

MyRealNameToo

MouldyOldDough said:

How do I download .gifs from my medical record ?

They appear as paperclips that I can open by left clicking on - they are poorly formatted and hardly readable - but I am unable to download and convert to PDF....

When downloaded - they lose all of the content.

Let's start from the beginning... how are you trying to access your records? Sounds like it's from some website? Is this the NHS? MyChart? Some other EPR system?

Newcad

MouldyOldDough said:

MY records should ALL be viewable to MYSELF

Sorry but that just isn't correct in law.

There are situations where it may be harmful to a persons wellbeing for that person to see their own medical records.

The laws on Subject Access recognise that and nobody is guaranteed full access to their own medical records.

Grey_Critic

The Paperclip symbo; indicates there is a document attached to the file and is automatically generated when you attach them

LightFlare

Newcad said:

MouldyOldDough said:

MY records should ALL be viewable to MYSELF

Sorry but that just isn't correct in law.

There are situations where it may be harmful to a persons wellbeing for that person to see their own medical records.

The laws on Subject Access recognise that and nobody is guaranteed full access to their own medical records.

Just to add - I would hazard a guess that the majority of people wouldnt even know what they were looking at with imaging or have the knowledge to understand the terminology and relevance in reports.

(I acknowledge that people have this info for 2nd opinions etc)

MouldyOldDough

Keep_pedalling said:

Whatever your PC is opening them in seems to be corrupting the files. What you should do is save the files to your PC and then open in a photo editing package that supports GIF files. Although I use Photoshop for serious editing I have also been using Faststone Image Viewer for many years. If is free easy to use and you can save the files in a number of formats including PDF. You can download it from the following link. 

https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Tried that - it works on some but others appear to be 0 bytes in size and it does not open - these 0 byte ones appear to be restricted to admin only for opening - why would I be blocked from seeing my own records ?

Undervalued

MouldyOldDough said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Whatever your PC is opening them in seems to be corrupting the files. What you should do is save the files to your PC and then open in a photo editing package that supports GIF files. Although I use Photoshop for serious editing I have also been using Faststone Image Viewer for many years. If is free easy to use and you can save the files in a number of formats including PDF. You can download it from the following link. 

https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Tried that - it works on some but others appear to be 0 bytes in size and it does not open - these 0 byte ones appear to be restricted to admin only for opening - why would I be blocked from seeing my own records ?

I think it is unlikely that is what's happening.

More likely a technical explanation. What exactly are you expecting these files to be? A photograph? A still image such as a traditional X-Ray? A moving video such as an endoscopic or laparoscopic procedure? Or a complex computer generated moving image such as a CT or MRI scan?

MouldyOldDough

Undervalued said:

MouldyOldDough said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Whatever your PC is opening them in seems to be corrupting the files. What you should do is save the files to your PC and then open in a photo editing package that supports GIF files. Although I use Photoshop for serious editing I have also been using Faststone Image Viewer for many years. If is free easy to use and you can save the files in a number of formats including PDF. You can download it from the following link. 

https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Tried that - it works on some but others appear to be 0 bytes in size and it does not open - these 0 byte ones appear to be restricted to admin only for opening - why would I be blocked from seeing my own records ?

I think it is unlikely that is what's happening.

More likely a technical explanation. What exactly are you expecting these files to be? A photograph? A still image such as a traditional X-Ray? A moving video such as an endoscopic or laparoscopic procedure? Or a complex computer generated moving image such as a CT or MRI scan?

A mixture 
Mainly text based though 

Andy_L

What has the person who sent it to you said?

steviebuk

MouldyOldDough said:

Exodi said:

Why .gif in particular? That's a relatively uncommon picture format to be used for static images - generally jpg or png might be used.

Are you on phone or desktop?

I guess the bodge way would be print screening (and then converting the picture if it has to be absolutely be .gif).

Because THEY ARE .gifs !!

But are ZERO bytes in size !

I am on a desktop/laptop

Are you sure the .gifs are the medical records? You'll get a few mail clients that attach signature images and icons as .gifs to e-mails. Its annoying but it happens.

MouldyOldDough

Andy_L said:

What has the person who sent it to you said?

They were not "sent to me" - they are in my medical records !