Also, if you have a primary physician listed on file at the hospital that info. will be sent to that phsycian (I found that out after I had an OD & ended up in the ER). I had been in the hospital previously when severely dehydrated & had to be put on IV's & filled out the paperwork & listed my primary care doc at that time.

I didn't realize she would be given this info. about the OD as a matter of course & I didn't appreciate it, either. I wanted to keep it confidential as much as possible, but when I went in to get my blood pressure checked a few weeks later she let me know the hospital had notified her.--Suzy