StJoseph's Hospital Health Center

This letter is in response to a complaint registered by one of our patientsThe patient stated that shehad contacted the practice a number of times requesting a complete copy of her medical record.Our documentation shows that we did receive this patient request for her medical record to betransferred to another practiceAt the time the authorization for this record was received, we wereutilizing the services of a release of information vendor, [redacted] [redacted] processed the requestand it was their procedure to only release the last year or two of patient informationIt is unclear if thepatient contacted us about her request or she contacted [redacted] directly.On February 22, 2016, our office contacted the patient and informed her that her entire medical recordwould be copied and sent to her new providerThe patient was satisfied with this resolution.If you have any further questions or concerns regarding this issue, please don't hesitate to contact me at###-###-####.Very Truly Yours,Stephane N***, RHIT, CHCDirector of Health Information and Patient RelationsYour Healthcare Connection For Life