As a patient, you have a right to access to the information in your medical record. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), protects health information created or maintained by health care providers throughout the United States. Prior to receiving care in the hospital, each patient shall receive and be asked to acknowledge that they have received a Notice of Privacy Practices that explains their rights under HIPAA and the hospital’s use of their health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations without further authorization. Also, as part of the new regulations, each patient has the right, with some restrictions, to:
In protecting your information, health care providers, such as Hackensack Meridian Health and their workforce, are prohibited, with some exceptions, from releasing your health information to anyone not involved in your health care or connected hospital operations, including family members, unless you have provided written consent. The Authorization for Release of Information form allows HMH to release your information to a particular agency or individual that you designate. To request access to or copies of your medical records or our authorization to release information form, please call one of the following telephone numbers:
Hackensack University Medical Center: Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital: 551-996-2075
Jersey Shore University Medical Center / K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital: 732-776-4241
Mountainside Medical Center: 973-429-6042
Ocean University Medical Center: 732-840-3331
Palisades Medical Center: 201-854-5081 or 201-854-5083
Pascack Valley Medical Center: 201-781-1116
Raritan Bay Medical Center: 732-324-5045
Old Bridge Medical Center: 732-324-5045
Riverview Medical Center: 732-530-2333
Southern Ocean Medical Center: 609-597-6011 x2121