Check their website: Information about how to get your health record may be found under the Contact Us section of a provider's website. It may direct you to an online portal, a phone number, an email address, or a form. Phone or visit: You can also call or visit your provider and ask them how to get your health record.
You may be able to request your record through your provider's patient portal. You may have to fill out a form — called a health or medical record release form, or request for access—send an email, or mail or fax a letter to your provider.
Release of Information Authorization Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, when a release of information is intended for purposes other than medical treatment, healthcare operations, or payment, you'll need to sign an authorization for ROI.
In Pennsylvania, physicians must retain an adult patient's medical records for at least seven years from the last date of service. Requirements differ slightly for minor patients.
Contact the state department of health: Reach out to the Pennsylvania Department of Health by calling 877.774. 4748 or emailing pasiis@state.pa. Any records for vaccines given in Philadelphia must be obtained by contacting 215.685.
Under Pennsylvania law, your health care provider owns the actual medical record. For example, if your provider maintains paper medical records, they own and have the right to keep the original record. You only have the right to see and get a copy of it.
In Pennsylvania, physicians must retain an adult patient's medical records for at least seven years from the last date of service. Requirements differ slightly for minor patients.
(1) A patient or his designee, including his attorney, shall have the right of access to all of his medical charts and records and to photocopy obtain photocopies of the same, without the use of a subpoena duces tecum, for his own use.