Medical Record Retention After Death

Health Information of Deceased Individuals | HHS.gov

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/health-information-of-deceased-individuals/index.html

These include provisions that permit a covered entity to disclose a decedent’s health information: (1) to alert law enforcement to the death of the individual, when there is a suspicion that death resulted from criminal conduct (§ 164.512(f)(4)); (2) …

2022 Medical Records Retention Laws By State

https://recordinglaw.com/medical-records-retention-laws-by-state/

Oct 20, 2022

How Long to Keep Documents After a Death? | Cake Blog

https://www.joincake.com/blog/how-long-to-keep-documents/

Retention and Destruction of Health Information - AHIMA

https://library.ahima.org/PB/RetentionDestruction

To begin creating a record retention schedule, organizations and providers …

Medical Record Retention - AAP

https://www.aap.org/en/practice-management/liability-and-regulation/health-insurance-portability-and-accountability-act-hipaa/medical-record-retention/

There is no "bright line" consistent with federal and state law which establishes how long medical records must be maintained in every case. Instead, a practice must …

Who Can Access A Deceased Patient’s Medical Records?

https://www.pamedsoc.org/detail/article/deceased-patient-medical-records

HIPAA’s privacy protections continue to apply to an individual’s PHI for 50 years following their death. However, this does not mean that a physician must retain a …

What documents should you keep after a person’s death?

https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en/ideas/blog/trusts-and-estates/2018/11/15/what-documents-should-you-keep-after-a-persons-death

While certain items of a deceased person’s belongings, such as jewelry, photographs, paintings, silverware, china and furnishings, may be more straightforward …

Retention of health records - British Medical Association

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/confidentiality-and-health-records/retention-of-health-records

Retain for 10 years after death. For Electronic Patient Record Systems: Where the system has the capacity to destroy records in line with the retention schedule, …

Personal Record Retention and Destruction Plan

https://privacyrights.org/consumer-guides/personal-data-retention-and-destruction-plan

1. What is a record? A record is a document that can provide permanent evidence about a past event. Some examples of records include: Birth certificates, …

Deceased patients’ medical records: When can they be …

https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2022/deceased-patients-medical-records-when-can-they-be-disclosed

Generally speaking, the medical records will be considered relevant to administering the estate if for purposes such as determining whether the estate/beneficiaries should receive …