Parents denied access to their children's medical records by law

[Orange_Vol1321]

Parents denied access to their children's medical records by law

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A Coralville father recently found out he will no longer have access to his 12-year-old daughter's medical records so he asked KCRG-TV9's I9 investigative team to investigate.

Kevin Christians, of Coralville, says a letter triggered his concerns alerting him he was losing access to his daughter's medical records.

At University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, parents are no longer able to see test results, messages from doctors and other information once a child turns 12.

The letter says the hospital wants kids at that age to be more active in their own health care. Christians believes 12 is too young to keep parents in the dark.

"If you get locked out of being able to see the health care records for your child that makes parenting even that much more difficult in my opinion," said Christians.

The letter from UIHC does not give the full explanation. I9 found the practice stems from federal law and all hospitals have a similar policy but not all of them start at the same age.

I9 has discovered one medical organization where the age is 10.

Anybody thinks this goes to the supreme court?

 

[davethevol]

It's sounding more and more like our children are the property of the government. The parents should have every right to have access to their children's medical info unless there is an individual court order barring access like if there's an abusive parent.

 

[Coug]

This apparently is relative only to hospitals. An ambiguous law was written saying each individual hospital has to decide with what age to comply with privacy laws. It sounds like there just needs to be an amendment to the law specifying an age.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Good grief the sheer stupidity of some are absolutely staggering.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Parents denied access to their children's medical records by law





Anybody thinks this goes to the supreme court?

I say ok, you no longer have access to my checkbook.

 

[hog88]

I say ok, you no longer have access to my checkbook.

Almost verbatim of what I told an advisor at TN Tech when she wouldn’t answer a question about my son.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Almost verbatim of what I told an advisor at TN Tech when she wouldn’t answer a question about my son.

Lol. Same for mine at UT back in the fall.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Parents denied access to their children's medical records by law





Anybody thinks this goes to the supreme court?

It should if this is actually the case

 

[DancingOutlaw]

How do you obtain access? The 12 year old consents? My kids can’t sign for themselves at a ****ing bounce house, but they have the wherewithal to consent on medical records?

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Parents denied access to their children's medical records by law


Anybody thinks this goes to the supreme court?

This is insane!

The year I graduated HS I got sick. A couple of ER visits etc.. My doctor never could find anything so about 6 months I was sick. Finally I was sent to an internist and after a couple of MRIs etc.. he found that my gallbladder never fully developed and it was finally removed. By the time that happened I was 19 however my mother was there for every doctor's visit. I was scared, I thought I might have cancer or something. I couldn't imagine doing that on my own without talking to her much less if I was 12 and the doctors wouldn't let my parents be with me.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Parents denied access to their children's medical records by law





Anybody thinks this goes to the supreme court?

My response to the hospital and the child would be, "I am not longer responsible for her medical payments. Seek monetary recompense elsewhere."

 

[theFallGuy]

When your kids turn 18 it is critical that they

Parents denied access to their children's medical records by law





Anybody thinks this goes to the supreme court?

Yeah I don't see how that is legal. Even with HIPAA laws they don't apply until your kid turns 18.

 

[82_VOL_83]

This is so circumventable on so many levels. Child goes to the hospital for "some" reason. The child says call my dad for payment. Child's dad says what is the reason. Hospital says, we can't tell you. Child's dad says, how do you know it's my kid. Hospital says, because they said you were. Child's dad says did they show you ID? Hospital says, no. Child's dad laughs and hangs phone up. The HIPAA form will get around this everyday of the week. Child wants care, child signs HIPAA form.......but because the child is a minor, parent signs for the child.

 

[AirVol]

Nothing surprises me anymore. You can kill a baby as it crowns from the mother but I’ll be damned if you can access a child’s medical records.

 

[theFallGuy]

As if a 12 year old child is even capable of handling their own medical records/procedures. It practically takes having a healthcare attorney for adults to figure out the paper trail.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

This apparently is relative only to hospitals. An ambiguous law was written saying each individual hospital has to decide with what age to comply with privacy laws. It sounds like there just needs to be an amendment to the law specifying an age.

It's already there and it's 18.

 

[superdave1984]

This is nothing new, just a difference in the age. It's just stupid though.
I was denied test results for my 17 year old daughter about 11 years ago. Pregnancy test. They kept going HIPAA this, HIPAA that. I informed them I was the HIPAA officer at the hospital I worked at and that HIPAA did not apply in this case. She got all kinds of mad and called the cops on me. I did get all her medical records though.