- Oct 14, 2005
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I hate paper, more than anything. A few months ago, my old doctor from my childhood sent me a package with my medical records that was about 2 inches thick. I have no idea what to do with these things, and again, I hate paper.
I was thinking of going through them and taking out the important things, like EKG's, shot records, etc., and getting rid of the "doctors notes". But many of these are over 7 years old, so I assume he sent them to me before they destroyed them (don't doctors have to keep records for 7 years?)
Can I send them to some company to put them into a PDF? Should I just mail them to my new doctor and they can do as they wish with them? Should I just shred them?
I was thinking of going through them and taking out the important things, like EKG's, shot records, etc., and getting rid of the "doctors notes". But many of these are over 7 years old, so I assume he sent them to me before they destroyed them (don't doctors have to keep records for 7 years?)
Can I send them to some company to put them into a PDF? Should I just mail them to my new doctor and they can do as they wish with them? Should I just shred them?