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Yes, it is legal for a doctor to transfer medical records to another doctor without patient permission as long as it is for the purpose of continuing medical care. Patient confidentiality must still be upheld, and the receiving doctor must also be a healthcare provider.
Every doctor maintains his or her patients' medical records.
Medical records belong to the patient, not the doctor and remain confidential regardless of the doctor's financial condition.
Legally, medical records are owned by the employer of the doctor who compiles them.
Absolutely. The patient is entitled to see all parts of their records except for psychotherapy notes. And the doctor is wise to release those records to the patient when they move their practice -- it saves everyone time in responding to requests for records from the new doc.
Unless the seller is retiring from practice, both should keep the records. The new doc especially needs records for patients that will remain with the practice -- not so much patients that leave the practice, although those too should be retained until you KNOW the patient has completed transfer to another doc.
sometimes when a doctor leaves an area or seems to disappear, he has sold his practice. Try to go to the same building or place and ask if a new doctor may have bought the practice. Sometimes a hospital the doctor practiced in may have information concerning the doctor (if he sold, moved practice, forwarding address etc) You might also try contacting your health insurer at the time and ask them for your records, or if you applied for life or health insurance in the mean time, contact them to find out if they received a copy of your records. Lastly, try to find your doctor through your state board of medical examiners, or Google! Good luck!
The doctor is the person who is mainly in charge of writing the records. But, most importantly, YOU are in charge of your medical records, since you are the subject.
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The doctor and the patient.
yes, you have a right to copies of all your medical records.
The doctor and the patient.