I need to retrieve a copy of my medical records that indicated a prescription I was given when I was 14 years old. Who do I contact in order to retrieve that information? Thanks! You help would be much appreciated!
2007-07-18 11:54:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
If you got the prescription in a hospital, you would need to contact the Medical Records department. Because of privacy regulations, hospitals are required to have something from you IN WRITING before they will make copies for you. Nine times out of ten, they will ask that you come in to sign the documents in person. Call ahead to find out what their policy is.
If you got the prescription from a doctor's office, you should be able to call the main number and request a copy. If your doctor is part of a large practice, they will probably have a separate medical records department that you would need to talk to.
Another option that may not be as lucrative since the prescription was written so long ago would be to call the pharmacy where it was filled. I still think your best bet will be to call the prescribing physician's office or hospital.
Best of luck!
2007-07-18 12:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Send a letter, preferably by certified mail, to the physician, clinic, or hospital where the prescription was obtained. You may need to sign a release first, which the institution can provide you.
What info can be faxed or emailed is regulated by HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. To my mind they fixed a few things that weren't broken. Try this website at Health and Human Services: www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
2007-07-18 12:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If those records are in a hospital, call the medical records department of that hospital, if at your Doctors office call them, or both.
2007-07-18 12:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by patricia f 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-10 16:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctor who prescribed it. The hospital you were in at that time.??? Whereever the prescription came from???
2007-07-18 12:04:53 · answer #5 · answered by old_woman_84 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trying calling your pharmacy. They may have records that go back that far...
2007-07-18 15:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by Custo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋