2007-02-01 11:29:34 · 10 answers · asked by mommyinneedofhelp 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
That's very difficult to do. Doctors are only required to keep medical records for seven years. Most don't keep them any longer than they have to. If you were born in a Military hospital there's a good chance you might be able to find something, as the military NEVER throws anything away. Otherwise, you're pretty much out of luck. You could ask your parents if they have anything.
2007-02-01 11:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by bgii_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIPAA requires health care providers to allow you access to your medical records upon request. The privacy notice you receive must include information about how you can obtain copies of your medical records. If a written request is necessary, the privacy notice should also tell you this.
If you receive care in a federal medical facility, you have a right to obtain your records under the federal Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC sec. 552a, www.usdoj.gov/foia/privstat.htm).
We advise that you make your request in writing. If you are denied access, you can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Civil Rights. Your state's medical privacy law might also enable you to file a complaint with state regulators. For a state-by-state guide to health privacy law, go to hpi.georgetown.edu/privacy/records.html and chose your state from the list on the right.
For a sample letter on requesting access to your medical records, see www.privacyrights.org/Letters/medical2.htm.
2007-02-01 11:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact everyplace you had medical care from birth until now!!!
Make note that if you request copies of hospital records you will have to pay for them. It is up to the doctor whether you will get md records for free.
2007-02-01 11:33:44 · answer #3 · answered by professorc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to contact every doctor's office and hospital you have ever went to. The problem is a doctor's office only has to keep records for ten years after a patient stops seeing them.
2007-02-01 12:56:50 · answer #4 · answered by lh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure if you want to pay for them. Contact the medical records department(s) at the hospital(s), Clinic(s), & Doctor's Office(s) you've been to in your lifetime, sign a release form & they will copy them for you. It can get pretty expensive .
2007-02-01 11:35:47 · answer #5 · answered by Sandi Beach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right a letter to each hospital or doctor you've ever visited and request a copy of your records. I'm sure it won't be free
2007-02-01 11:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by LuckyChucky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to the doctor offfice you went to when u where little and see if they have any records on you or your doctor now should hv some info on you from younger years
2007-02-01 11:31:31 · answer #7 · answered by ballin_all_day_all_night 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
unless you know exactly where you were born, the doctor your parents took you too up til now, you will never know, its not that easy..
2007-02-01 11:33:09 · answer #8 · answered by Nikkib 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask your current doctor they should have all the information
2007-02-01 11:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
good luck, if you can, and if you do let me know how, I need to
2007-02-01 11:31:24 · answer #10 · answered by Mystee_Rain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋