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To: Jim Noble
There is no way for me to pursue that, even if I wanted to. Medical records are not kept for longer than 25 years, I'm not a staff member there any more and I have no right to access any information that may still exist, and to go beyond something I could do with a phone call - why on Earth would I do that?

To know the truth? Seriously, if you were a physician or a nurse delivering babies at this hospital in Hawaii at the time Obama was born, you wouldn't be curious and try to find out if you were involved?

257 posted on 01/13/2011 2:51:52 PM PST by Shethink13
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To: Shethink13

It’s actually not so easy as you’d think. Records from this long ago would be kept off site if they still exist at all. They’d either be at a contracted storage facility (like Iron Mountain) or (less likely) kept in boxes in a hospital owned storage facility. To get access, you’d have to be on staff, AND have a reason to need access. “Curiosity” wouldn’t cut it - it has to be a valid MEDICAL reason. Hospitals are now very protective of patient confidentiality because they are afraid of HIPAA fines. I can imagine what would happen if I went to the hospital I interned at and asked to see someone’s records - they’d laugh me out of the office.


287 posted on 01/13/2011 4:08:00 PM PST by sometime lurker
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