Medical Records Storage Ontario
Canada s medical record specialists.
Medical records storage ontario. For assistance with closing your medical practice in ontario contact rsrs at 1 888 563 3732. Physicians that already closed their practice. Rsrs will store and maintain accessibility for your paper and electronic records in a secure temperature controlled environment for the entire term. To obtain a copy of a medical record please select the applicable button below.
Physicians that will seldom receive any transfer requests. As this factual horror story illustrates proper medical record storage is critically important. British columbia medical practice closure in british columbia. Physicians must transfer copies of medical records in a secure manner 14 and document the date and method of transfer in the medical record.
Physicians must transfer copies of the entire medical record unless providing a summary or a partial copy of the medical record is acceptable to the receiving physician and or the patient. Rsrs also offers general document management services for all sectors coast to coast. As one of canada s largest repositories of medical records rsrs stores records for physicians clinics and hospitals and then manages the secure transfer of records to patients new physicians and authorized third party requestors. In recent years a trend has emerged that has seen patients taking responsibility for the storage and maintenance of their own medical records.
As medical record specialists rsrs is the only physician managed record storage facility in canada. Beyond the legal storage requirements typically 10 years after date of last entry or for minors 10 years after they reach the age of majority retiring doctors must store records to ensure patient access and continuity of care. Rsrs provides physicians clinics and hospitals with professional and secure medical record storage services in canada including scanning. The most important task was storage and management of all patient medical records active and non active files.
How to request a medical record. Historically medical records were kept and maintained by the primary care provider. Medrecords medical records storage service is ideal for. Medrecords will store and transfer your medical records as needed giving you the peace of mind you deserve.