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According to HIPAA, ownership is a two-part process.
The "data or information," on the record regardless of format belongs to
the patient. The actual hardcopy, film or tape belongs to the hospital
and/or facility to be maintained, stored and eventually destroyed at a
future date according to type of medical record and residing state
statues.
The patient has ownership of the information. The facility owns and
manages the rest.
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Trudy M Phillips
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:15 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [RM] Seven years
In a message dated 9/17/2007 2:37:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
Don't the records (based on
HIPAA) belong (at least in part) to the patient?
Yes, patients are allowed to have copies of their medical records, but
I am
not sure if the entire contents.
Trudy M. Phillips
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