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How long should a medical record be retained
It's certainly easier to keep medical records on-site for active patients. There are no regulations, however, about where medical records must be kept as long as they are secure.
Doctors in Big advanced hospitals are maintaining their Patients medical records electronically. It will be easy for them review their patients medical contion even at their home. Some small clinic doctors still using folders/files to keep their patients medical records.
Yes Doctors keep records in computers and databases. Though they keep paper files too.
HIPAA has nothing to do with how long you have to keep medical records.
Keep a copy of ALL of the serviceman's medical records.
Many people would keep a deceased person's records for at least 10 years. Many people keep these records for longer than that.
all states are required to keep medical records for at least 7 years. Most medical records are kept longer in case they get sued.
I keep track of my medical records and everyone else should as well...
by law local doctors only need to keep them up to 5 years and public hospitals need to keep them up to 7 years after discharging the patient.
EMR. This is a new system doctors and nurses are keeping to keep track of the medical information of their patients. Its faster, though more confusing to get used to and slower at first than hard copy records. This guarantees that the records wont go through wear and tear, and if something happened at the office where your records were being held, your record would not be destroyed.