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From: "David" <>
Subject: Fw: [Bklyn] Getting patient records by the back door
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 01:00:27 -0500


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth V Cardinal" <>
> To: "'David'" <>; <>
> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [Bklyn] Getting patient records by the back door
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>> What you didn't tell us was the age of the records...from what year?
>>
>> Also, when the records were requested was HIPPA in effect?
>>
>> In the late 80's I was able to obtain what little was left of the records
>> of
>> a great Uncle who was a patient at Kings County and then transferred to
>> Binghamton.
>>
>> What existed was an index card with his name, date of birth, date of
>> death,
>> contact information and cause for being placed ...different from
>> diagnosis...


----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <>
To: "Elizabeth V Cardinal" <>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Bklyn] Getting patient records by the back door


>I am nearly 60.
> I do not care to be very specific.
> The doctor agreed to do this within the past couple of years. Yes, HIPPA
> was in effect.
> He only got the records of one person we asked for. The records are for my
> granfather's brother; my great uncle. They did not explain why only his
> records were sent. He was born about1870 and died about 1950. He got about
> 20 pages which ended abruptly in the early 40s.. The records keeper, who
> sent the information, did not know why the records ended, although my
> uncle continued to be hospitalized until his death.
> The materials include: two pages entitled "Initial History," several pages
> of notes by doctors who admitted him to Kings Park and the rest are
> "Clinical Notes" in the form of paragraph-long comments on his condition
> made about every three months.
> Another secret...Pilgrim State forwarded the doctor's request to Mohawk
> Valley Psychiatiric Center where, apparently, the microfilm was retreived
> and copies were made.
> I am no expert, but I think my doctor was entitled to ask for the records
> under HIPPA because it related to the treatment for my health and because
> this was a rather close relative.
>

>>
>> Elizabeth V. Cardinal
>>
>> http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/a/r/Elizabeth-V-Cardinal-FL/
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