My medical record contains errors — what now?

Medical record errors can have serious consequences — wrong allergy registration can lead to poisoning, wrong diagnosis to wrong treatment. Two options under WGBO + GDPR: (1) Correction on factual inaccuracy (date of birth, allergy, medication). Doctor must correct. (2) Annotation on disagreement about diagnosis or treatment. Doctor doesn't need to change own opinion but must include your view. Routes: Step 1: written rectification request (Art. 16 GDPR + 7:454 Dutch Civil Code) to doctor/institution. Our letter generator (€9.99) + evidence of correct data. Step 2: on refusal escalate to complaints officer or disputes committee of healthcare institution (WKKgz required). Step 3: IGJ complaint for quality aspect (igj.nl). Step 4: AP complaint for GDPR aspect. Step 5: on serious harm: disciplinary complaint (KNMG) + civil damages claim. Important detail: WGBO Art. 7:454(3) also gives right to inclusion of statement — so even if doctor sticks to his diagnosis, your version may be added to the record. Some patients benefit from this for later second opinions. For medical data breach apart from errors: see medical-data-leaked.