Re: How long must hospital maintain records
malibu.ron@xxxxxxxxxxx Wrote:
> Is there specific law requiring California hospitals to retain copies
> of medical records for a period of time. A hospital provided medical
> records of a 15 year old surgery but is having difficulty finding the
> pathology reports which may be crucial to a malpractice charge. Do
> hospitals have additional requirements to retain slide specimens.
I worked as a clerk in Medical Records ages ago. This was a medical
center in California. I was responsible (among other things) to file
and/or locate old patient charts/records stored in a hospital-rented
storage facility. I remember many records that were more than 10 years
old. We store the old records in alphabetic order.
For each admission date, we assign a new patient chart. All medical
reports, progress notes, labs, *pathology reports*, etc., were filed
inside the patient chart for that specific admission period.
If the patient was admitted for a long time, the patient can have a
very thick chart or even multiple charts for that specific admission
period. If the patient had chronic admissions, he/she had numerous
charts that can occupy a whole library bookshelf.
Perhaps the missing pathology reports in your specific case were in
another chart or charts from different admission dates.
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