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A medical record shall include, but not be limited to, information sufficient to justify any diagnosis and treatment rendered, dates of treatment, actions taken by non-licensed persons when ordered or authorized by the provider; doctors' orders, nurses notes and charts, birth certificate work-sheets, and any other diagnostic data or documents ...

Connecticut's laws say patients or their authorized representative can get a copy of their medical records by writing to their doctor. Your medical records contain bills, X-rays, lab reports, prescriptions, and other details about your health.

This report provides an overview of state laws on patient access to medical records from individual health care providers in a question and answer format.

Request Medical Records Patients treated at Yale New Haven Health hospitals can request a copy of their medical records by faxing, emailing or mailing a signed Authorization for Release of Information form, as indicated on the authorization.

By law, a health care provider, a hospital and other health care facilities must provide a copy of a patient’s health record upon the written request of the patient, his/her attorney, or authorized representative. Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes and Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

Several Connecticut laws also address the privacy and disclosure of patients' personal health information. These include laws that (1) establish a bill of rights that assures confidential treatment of patients' personal and medical records and (2) prohibit the sale of personal health information.

Connecticut Law About Health Care: useful links to statutes, OLR reports and websites concerning health care, health insurance, patients rights, and access to medical records.

This report identifies and explains state law on patient access to medical records in a question and answer format. Throughout the report, the terms “medical records” and “health records” are used interchangeably reflecting their usage in statute. In some cases, the term “hospital records” is also used.

Medical Records Laws State medical records laws, along with some federal guidelines, govern the privacy protection of medical records. For the most part, your medical records are presumed to be confidential, and these statutes dictate whether doctors may share your medical information without your permission.

Below is the Connecticut state statute which controls the amount of money that doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers can charge for copies of medical records provided to the patient or the patient’s attorney for use in personal injury or wrongful death civil cases.

Connie, the state's health information exchange, enables patient's medical records to be easily shared.

The State of Connecticut, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is a free-standing, modern facility located on the UCONN Health Center Campus in Farmington, CT. The office is a state-wide medical examiner system charged with the investigation of sudden and unexpected deaths that, by statute, fall under our jurisdiction.

The medical records of people treated at communicable disease control clinics are also confidential. However, this information may be released (1) for statistical purposes, (2) with the consent of all the people identified in the record, (3) to health care providers and public health officials, (4) to any agency authorized to receive reports of ...

Medical records, definition, purpose The purpose of a medical record is to provide a vehicle for: documenting actions taken in patient management; documenting patient progress; providing meaningful medical information to other practitioners should the patient transfer to a new provider or should the provider be unavailable for some reason.

Categories : Health Issues By law, a health care provider, a hospital and other health care facilities must provide a copy of a patient’s health record upon the written request of the patient, his/her attorney, or authorized representative. Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes and Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Upon a written request of a patient, the patient’s attorney or ...

Learn about Connecticut's Official Health Information Exchange. CT’s HIE offers secure, efficient access to electronic health records aimed at improving healthcare statewide.

Lawmakers have advanced several bills that could limit which records are accessible to the public or alter how public meetings are conducted.

Under state law, private hospitals and public hospital societies or corporations receiving state aid must provide subpoenaed records to courts and allow individuals access to their own medical records (CGS § 4-104).

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