Guidelines

Guidelines

Release of Medical Information Requiring Patient Consent

Confidential information may be released to the patient or any other person authorized in writing by him or his/her legal guardian in case he/she is a minor or legally incompetent in accordance with HMC policy and applicable law and as determined by Informed Consent, CL 7226 and Privacy Confidentiality and Access to Health Information, OP 4042.
The patient or his/her representative as mentioned in paragraph (1) duly fills up the Consent for Release of Medical Information form online.
The requester submits the online request along with the attachment of copy of QID/Passport of the patient and copy of the QID/Passport of patient's representative with an authorization letter (if a representative is requesting) as mentioned in paragraph (1).
The patient or his/her representative must present the original QID/Passport of the patient and QID/Passport of the patient's representative with authorization letter (if a representative is requesting) to the staff member of Health Information Management at the time of collection.
Persons mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall be responsible for all liabilities and claims which may be initiated against the Hamad Medical Corporation by cause of obtaining medical information.