Alpo Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 In the movie Roadhouse, Patrick Swayze carried around a copy of his records. For some reason I just started thinking about it. I was born in a military hospital, and for the first 21 years of my life that was my doctor. Military hospitals in five cities, and since this town has both an Air Force and a Navy base, both of them. So that's at least six military hospitals, plus both civilian hospitals here in this town, and probably a half a dozen different doctors here in town, and one hospital and three different doctors in Norfolk. So if, for whatever reason, I decided I wanted copies of my medical records, would it even be possible? Or is that stretched too far apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Typically records are kept for 7 to 10 years, and most these days are on computer. Contact you doctor and tell him that you want a disc of all your records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Typically records are kept for 7 to 10 years, and most these days are on computer. Contact you doctor and tell him that you want a disc of all your records. 7 years for adults. Children until they are 18 unless there was abuse of some kind. The VA may have a national database. The average person can get a copy of their records, a written request is necessary. That's how it works at my place of business. With the ACA and HIPAA this stuff is updated from time to time. This was another layer of bureaucracy in order to create jobs. HIPAA is just stoopid, there aren't a bunch of people out there stealing medical records, it's very rare and usually involves an attorney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 7 years. Well that lets out Virginia - that was in 92. Hell even my cataract surgery was 13 years ago. It would appear it's not so much the difficulty of getting them to give them to me, as it would be the great chance that none of them still exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I regularly ask doctors for my records when I'm moving onto a different doctor. I didn't realize there was a time limit. Sometimes they want you to pay for the time spent. Nowadays I think they'd say to use the online patient portal or some such nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I stopped asking for my records and records transfers when Obama-Care was enacted. If they want my info all in one place they’re going to have to work for it. Since 2008 I have lived at 5 different addresses in 4 different states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Typically records are kept for 7 to 10 years, and most these days are on computer. Contact you doctor and tell him that you want a disc of all your records. UH, just for everyone's information, the VA and some other places won't accept records on tape, discs, or any other computer media. They don't want to take a chance on corrupting their system. Took me seven months to get paper records from Kaiser Permanente when we moved to Arizona. They kept sending discs and wanted to charge me some ridiculous amount to send paper records. I finally got my congress critter involved and he got it taken care of. I wouldn't be surprised if other receivers wouldn't accept computer records either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 The only military health records I have, which I update myself, are my DOD shot records. I get duplicate copies of just about every record from all my doctors, labs, etc. When I have MRI's, CT scans, etc., I have them give me a copy of the images on disc, so I can give them to any specialists I see (urologists for kidney stones, etc.). Not being able to find your old records is one thing. But, don't let any doctor or lab tell you that you can't have copies of your records. They belong to YOU! Stay well and safe, Pards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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