The American Health Information Management Association has released a model Patient Request for Health Information form, which can be used as a modifiable template and given to patients when they ...

Patients curious about tests they took at medical clinics at the center of a hepatitis alert can request the results from medical laboratories. State and federal guidelines let any patient ask for ...

Patient-directed requests, however, are not required to have an expiration date, enabling a third party who is provided with a patient-directed request to copy it and use it indefinitely, thereby ...

(Reuters Health) - Patients may become less satisfied with their care when doctors refuse their requests for things like prescriptions or lab tests, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on ...

A registered nurse filed suit against Beaumont Health for allegedly honoring a patient's request not to be cared for by an African-American. Teoka S. Williams, who works at Beaumont Hospital in ...

Patients with cancer enrolled in a novel digital support registry requested an average of $5921 per patient in financial assistance, with housing needs comprising 59% of the total $1.32 million ...