Mary Lou and Bev: With the HIPPA requirements you'll have to jump through hoops to try to get any medical records except for your own. Larry On 1/8/2014 3:50 PM, Bjpaquet@aol.com wrote: > I was just wondering the same for old records at Pittsburgh Hospital from > mid 1960's. > > Bev in Tucson > > > In a message dated 1/8/2014 9:19:56 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > jlbmlb@msn.com writes: > > I am trying to find my dad's old medical records from 1963. I know that > Allegheny General Hospital has taken the records for Bellevue Hospital but > they can't find his records. He was in that hospital for 6 weeks before he > died and also before that for surgery. His doctors were Dr. Bernard from > Emsworth and Dr. Allison but they are both long gone. Does anyone have any > idea how I can get the records for my mother? > > Mary Lou > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/

Hi, If I may. The time retention of Medical Records varies by state. After that time has elapsed all providers can and most do, incinerate those records. I believe a records from the 1960's have met that time requirement. Having worked in that profession for a couple decades, I can attest to that.

In Virginia the time is 5 years. I just tried to get my husband's records but it has been 6 years. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Barbara Hilderson <bhilderson@msn.com>wrote: > > Hi, If I may. > > The time retention of Medical Records varies by state. After that time > has > elapsed all providers can and most do, incinerate those records. I > believe > a records from the 1960's have met that time requirement. Having worked > in that profession for a couple decades, I can attest to that. > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >