RE: Medical Records ONE MORE THING

August 24, 2004

One last thing.

Your record is the WHOLE thing.

Let me explain.

Say you saw Dr. A from 1999 to 2001.

You take those records to Dr. B.

Dr B. reviews those records and puts them in your chart.

Your record and what you have access to is Dr. A and Dr. B.

By reading and treating based on Dr. A's records Dr. B has now accepted

custodianship of Dr.A's records.

If you take those records (which are Dr. A&B's notes) to Dr. C and Dr. C

uses those and treats based on his/her reading of those notes, now Dr. C has

accepted custodianship of all three records and when you request your

records you should get not only Dr. C's notes and all that contains but Dr.

A and Dr. B's as well.

Don't let the final doctor say that they are not part of the record. THEY

ARE. Ask to see your record (all volumes of it) and if there are other

doctor's notes in there you have a right to a copy of all the records.

HOPE THIS HELPS!

Debbi

Medical Records

Hi,

I have been trying to get a previous doctors office to send my

medical records to my new doctor with no success. Now, I want to

get them to make two copies one to take with me to NIH the other to

keep and then give the orginals to my doctor. Is it permissible for

me to just show up at the doctor's office and ask for my records?

or do I need to call ahead, asking for them? or do I have to have

my doctor write a note that I am going to hand carry them with me to

NIH? I don't know what the right procedure is for doing this. I

know that I have a right to my own records, i am just not sure how

to go about getting them.

Thanks for your advice!

hugs,

Jen

EDS III

Phoenix, AZ

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