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Who else has Autonomic Neuropathy?
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Jim @jimhd -- I'm pretty sure they have to provide copies of medical records but only to the patient when requested. Also, I'm pretty sure you may have to pay a processing fee to pull them all together and print them out. I had to do that when I was thinking of suing a doctor for a botched gall bladder surgery on my wife - not really suing just trying to recover the cost of the second surgery and hospitalization to fix the problem caused by the first surgery.
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@johnbishop I read my post and realized that I didn't say "when you request the records" I've asked several times to have my records faxed to another doctor. Sometimes you have to sign a record release form.
Several of my doctors have patient portals where all of the doctors' notes are posted, and any lab work, and I can send the doctor a message or request them to send a prescription to a pharmacy. I really like having access to all of that. Notes from a visit are posted as soon as the appointment is over.
Doctors aren't supposed to release a patient's records without a signed consent. There are exceptions. Notes from a mental health therapist are locked, so not even a doctor in the same clinic can see them.
Jim