general question - no-medical

How does one go about getting their records from one doctor to take to
another? Do they get the actual documents or copies? Is the entire
record supposed to be given to the patient? I'm planning on switching
opthomologists, and am unsure of what to do. Thanks

 

wrote in @l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

This is either handled as a request from your new doctor to your old
doctor, after you sign a release. Alternatively, you can ask your doctor
for copies of your whole chart. The office is entitled to a "reasonable"
fee for this service to cover their copy expenses.

 

Either you can ask your current doctor to send them to the new, or the new
doctor can have you sign a record release and request them from the old
doctor.

The physical records belong to the current doctor, so either a summary or a
copy of the documents is sent. If it is a long record, likely a copy will
be sent. The current doctor can charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost
of fetching, copying and mailing the records.

Dr Judy