A patient's primary care physician can request records for treatment following an emergency visit and they can release information related to that specific emergency visit.
<h3>What is emergency information release?</h3>
The majority of hospital disclosure exceptions are permissive, which means that the provider may utilize expertise in determining whether or not to reveal the information. Hospitals allow disclosure to another provider without patient consent, or without a consent letter that complies with specific conditions, if the records request is for therapeutic purposes. It is significant to notice that in this case, Hospital does not demand that the requested physician receive access to the protected health information. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the patient are the only two parties to whom the hospital must provide information for compliance reasons.
