Medical Records Access

As a patient, you have a right to access to the information in your medical record. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), protects health information created or maintained by health care providers throughout the United States. Prior to receiving care in the hospital, each patient shall receive and be asked to acknowledge that they have received a Notice of Privacy Practices that explains their rights under HIPAA and the hospital’s use of their health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations without further authorization.

Medical Records Access

As part of the new regulations, each patient has the right, with some restrictions, to:

  • Review his or her own medical record;
  • Request an amendment or correction to the medical record;
  • Add supplemental information to the record;
  • Restrict use and disclosure of your medical information;
  • Authorize formal consent before health information is released other than for treatment, payment, or as part of health care operations; and
  • Know who requested and received medical information for other than treatment, payment, or health care operations.

As part of our commitment to protecting your information, Hackensack Meridian Health and its workforce are prohibited by law from releasing your health information to any party not involved in your treatment or our healthcare operations. This restriction includes family members. An exception is made only when you provide written consent.

The "Authorization for Release of Information" form is the document used to grant HMH permission to release your information to a specific individual or entity that you designate.

How to Request Access

For requests to access your medical records, please fill out our authorization form, and mail or fax it directly to the hospital where you received care. If you would like to follow up on a request that you sent, please give our Release of Information Vendor, Datavant, a call at 1-800-367-1500.

  • Bayshore Medical Center
    727 North Beers St.
    Holmdel, NJ 07730
    Fax: 732-888-7332
  • Carrier Clinic
    252 Co Rd 601
    Belle Mead, NJ 08502
    Fax: 908-281-1671
  • Hackensack University Medical Center
    30 Prospect Ave.
    Hackensack, NJ 07601
    Fax: 551-996-2347
  • Jersey Shore University Medical Center
    1945 Hwy 33
    Neptune, NJ 07753
    Fax: 732-776-4692
  • JFK University Medical Center
    65 James Street
    Edison, NJ 08820
    Fax: 732-549-8569
  • Ocean University Medical Center
    425 Jack Martin Blvd.
    Brick, NJ 08724
    Fax: 732-836-4269 or 732-840-9616
  • Palisades Medical Center
    7600 River Road
    North Bergen, NJ 07047
    Fax: 201-854-8360 or 201-854-8546
  • Raritan Bay Medical Center
    530 New Brunswick Ave.
    Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
    Fax: 732-324-4883
  • Old Bridge Medical Center
    3 Hospital Plaza
    Old Bridge, NJ 08857
    Fax: 732-360-4134
  • Riverview Medical Center
    1 Riverview Plaza
    Red Bank, NJ 07701
    Fax: 732-224-7210
  • Southern Ocean Medical Center
    1140 Route 72 West
    Manahawkin, NJ 08050
    Fax: 609-978-8965

Authorization Forms

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