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Kaiser Permanente in California has a website with all records. I went there to get a blood test and the results showed up on the web site over the next few days.

I could check the values myself for abnormalities even before talking to a doctor which was very nice.

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This is becoming relatively common these days. As hospital systems switch to more-advanced EHRs, patients are often asked to sign up for a web-based account. From my experience, most hospitals are either going with products from Cerner or EPIC, and both offer this function (and even the ability to read physician notes, etc.)

Just a note--this is a requirement for Meaningful Use stage 2, which means it's pretty much the case everywhere these days. (And it's Epic, not EPIC.)

This is part of ARRA Meaningful Use requirements, most hospital systems are going this route in order to comply. [1]

[1] https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/achieve-mea...

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