US Army to address parents’ blocked access to teen medical records

To military parents who are frustrated because they can’t get access to their teenagers’ medical records , the U.S. Army Surgeon General has a message: “We share your concern,” and are working to address it. Currently, parents don’t have access to a child’s medical records from the time they turn 13, “based on current departmental policy,” Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre said Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army. In addition, children don’t have ID cards to sign in to the Defense Enrollment Eligibility System (DEERS), she said. Children must be at least 18 to…