Unless, of course, he had put down her mother as his next of kin on his records with the hospital...in which case the hospital needs to hear from the person he had listed in order to release the records. Anne > Ok , now I am confused, > My Aunt Susie works at a hospital and she is in California. > My Mom's cousin works at the hospital where my dad died in Iowa. > > ************** > Iowa: > Ms. Stickney, > This e-mail is in response to the e-mail you sent to Mr. Yerington. We > will > require your mother's signature on the release of information form as > she is > still the next of kin for your father (along with a copy of the > obituary). > Please feel free to forward your request to my attention and I will see > that > it is processed expeditiously. > > Deborah Thoman, MA, RHIA > Director, Health Information Management > University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics > Iowa City, Iowa > 319-356-3200 > > ********** > > California: > > Mary, > > Just got off the phone with the head of Medical Records at the hospital > that > I work at. > > She said it goes like this: Next of Kin, which in your case would be > the > oldest living child (Robert John), if he/she cannot be found, then the > next > oldest, which would be Kelli and so on. They shouldn't be asking your > Mother > unless they possibly have misunderstood and think she hasn't remarried. > That's what our medical records dept said. She also said they have no > choice > but to follow those rules. She thinks that maybe they just > misunderstood and > thinking your mother is still a widow. Your father's next of kin our > his > children. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Susie > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/