SFH is required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information, provide you with a notice of our legal duties and privacy practices and follow the information practices that are described in our Privacy Notice.

SFH is happy to provide a copy of your health information. Examples of individual documents include:

• Notes and records about a particular condition

• Handwritten or dictated progress notes for treatment dates

• Consultation

• Operation reports

• Pathology and lab reports

• X-ray reports

• Physical or occupational therapy notes

• Outside records

• Other specialized tests, such as angiography, cardiac catheterization procedure, stress test (treadmill), electrocardiograms (EKGs), electroencephalograms (EEGs), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), myelogram and nuclear medicine scans (CT scans)

To request copies of your SFH records please fill out and return the Permission to Release Health Care Information Form. You'll need to fill out the authorization completely.

Please make sure you provide us with the following information:

• Unique patient identifiers (i.e. name, birthdate)

• Name of the person or organization to whom SFH may release information

• Description of the specific information to be released

• Description of the purpose or need for information

• Signature of the individual (patient or legally authorized representative) and date

You have the right to receive a copy of your health information that we maintain, with some limited exceptions. You have the right to receive a copy of your health information in a format you prefer. You have the right to request that your health information to be sent to any person or entity.

SFH gives you, or your authorized representatives, three options for receiving your SFH medical records:

• Emailed PDF (password protected)

• Fax

• Mail

SFH offers a couple different options to submit your form:

• Fill out the digital form and save/send to the office. Quick and easy, no saving of files and it automatically comes to us.

• Save to your computer and fill out when you have a chance. You then can email it back to [email protected]

• Print and Fax to 360-394-3501

• Print and mail to or drop off at the office.

• Stop by and fill out in the office.

We’ll make records available in a timely fashion not to exceed 15 working days. If we're not able to make records available at the time of request, we will inform you of the status of your medical records and produce your medical record within 21 days from the receipt of the request. If the information requested does not exist or cannot be found you will be notified within 15 working days. These timeframes are consistent with state law RCW 70.02.080 and 70.02.090.

Medical records can be emailed (preferred), mailed, faxed, or picked up in office.

If you are needing radiology images, please contact the facility in which your got them performed. SFH does not keep actual images on hand and in your records.

We do have copies of your imaging reports to provide you.