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Medical and Health Data Privacy: HIPAA and Beyond: Requesting Your Medical Records

Forms

Patient Request for Health Information
From HHS
HIPAA Release Form
If you want your medical records released to someone else. From HIPAA Journal.

Release of Medical Records Form
From OhioHealth in Columbus, OH

CFR

45 CFR Sec.164.524
Access of individuals to his/her protected health information. Note that 45 CFR 164.524(a)(1)(i) does not give the patient the right to access his therapist's psychotherapy notes.
CMS Interoperability Final Rule
Interoperability between Medicare and Medicaid records.

Links

The Guide to Getting & Using Your Health Records
From the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
HIPAA Right of Access to Medical Records Failures Result in Five OCR HIPAA Fines
HIPAA Journal 9/16/20

Individuals’ Right under HIPAA to Access their Health Information 45 CFR § 164.524 Newly Released FAQs on Access Guidance
HHS Guidance on Health Information Privacy dated 10/26/18

Podcasts

The above recording makes the point that patients often find errors in their medical records, after they request and obtain them.

Deficiencies in Infrastructure Readiness for Deploying VA’s New Electronic Health Record System
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General 4/27/20