Access to X-Ray

Mars Bar

Hi!

I hope this is the right place to ask.

I had an x ray done 3 years ago that I would like to have reviewed now. It's more out of curiosity than anything else. Am I entitled to ring the Dr. and ask for a copy of it? I had only ever been to that Dr. once to have a referral to get the X-Ray done and to get the result I just rang them. I never had to deal with them since.

Thanks
Mars Bar

Ken.

You could go to the hospital under an FoI order if public and data protection if private. Read here for more details. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/health/legal_matters_and_health/access_to_medical_records.html

Individual patients may be entitled to get access to their medical records in a number of different ways:

By routine and administrative access to HSE records
Under the Data Protection Act 1988 and the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003
Under the Freedom of Information Acts
By "discovery" in the course of court proceedings
By virtue of a contract between the patient and the medical practitioner or hospital
The five ways listed above apply to patients of the public system, i.e. patients in public or publicly funded hospitals as well as Medical Card/GP Visit Card holders for GP services. If you visit your GP as a private patient or attend a private (non-HSE funded) hospital, you can only get access through Data Protection, by virtue of your contract with the medical service, or by court order.

mahoganygas

I have been for a few scans where the radiologist handed me a disk of the MRI afterwards.
I can't see why an x-ray would be different.

Oryx

mahoganygas wrote: »

I have been for a few scans where the radiologist handed me a disk of the MRI afterwards.
I can't see why an x-ray would be different.

I asked for this after my mri and was refused.

mahoganygas

Oryx wrote: »

I asked for this after my mri and was refused.

Wow. Did they say why?

Oryx

mahoganygas wrote: »

Wow. Did they say why?

Just that all info would be sent to my doctor, and that they didnt make copies for patients

Mars Bar

ken wrote: »

You could go to the hospital under an FoI order if public and data protection if private. Read here for more details. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/health/legal_matters_and_health/access_to_medical_records.html

Individual patients may be entitled to get access to their medical records in a number of different ways:

By routine and administrative access to HSE records
Under the Data Protection Act 1988 and the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003
Under the Freedom of Information Acts
By "discovery" in the course of court proceedings
By virtue of a contract between the patient and the medical practitioner or hospital
The five ways listed above apply to patients of the public system, i.e. patients in public or publicly funded hospitals as well as Medical Card/GP Visit Card holders for GP services. If you visit your GP as a private patient or attend a private (non-HSE funded) hospital, you can only get access through Data Protection, by virtue of your contract with the medical service, or by court order.

Yeah I found that myself but I'm not sure if I was public or private! I went to the Dr. myself and had the Xray done in Tallaght and I can't remember if there was a fee involved.

mahoganygas wrote: »

I have been for a few scans where the radiologist handed me a disk of the MRI afterwards.
I can't see why an x-ray would be different.

Yeah I had an MRI done on the same area I had the X-Ray and they gave me the disk with it. Very handy. I brought it with me last week to the consultation and it gave him more information.

Oryx wrote: »

I asked for this after my mri and was refused.

That's weird!

granturismo

Mars Bar wrote: »

...I'm not sure if I was public or private! I went to the Dr. myself and had the Xray done in Tallaght and I can't remember if there was a fee involved.

I went to Tallaght as a public patient and contacted the 'Routine Access, Medical Records' for a copy of my xrays. There was a fee, less than 20 eu I think and was given the xrays on a cd. Their contact details are towards the end of this link;

http://www.amnch.ie/departments-clinics/departments-a-z/freedom-of-information-foi-/


I paid for xrays as a private patient in Blackrock and was given the hard copy to keep.

Mars Bar

granturismo wrote: »

I went to Tallaght as a public patient and contacted the 'Routine Access, Medical Records' for a copy of my xrays. There was a fee, less than 20 eu I think and was given the xrays on a cd. Their contact details are towards the end of this link;

http://www.amnch.ie/departments-clinics/departments-a-z/freedom-of-information-foi-/


I paid for xrays as a private patient in Blackrock and was given the hard copy to keep.

That is fantastic! Now I just have to try and recall the particulars. Can't remember which address I used or the date of the x-ray.

Fred Swanson

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