[wswope]

> There's some incorrect information in my kid's medical file. It's basically impossible to get it corrected.

Not the case, chief - that's covered by HIPAA. If you submit a formal correction request, they're obligated to respond or land in very hot water with HHS. If they disagree with your correction request, you have the right to get a statement of disagreement added to your records.

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/medical-records/in...

[giantg2]

I believe that only applies to the general record, not the notes which are generally not included with the patient-available record, right?

[wswope]

If I’m reading you right, you’re talking about something like Epic’s “sticky note” system, where providers can leave general comments about a patient not associated with specific encounter? That’s a really good question - and one I’d have to leave up to an attorney. My naive guess would be that the patient’s right to access those may depend on whether or not a practice is using them to store health information, or just general non-medical tidbits (I believe some orgs tell staff not to keep any PHI in them as a matter of policy).