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partial release

Partial release is the status of a request for healthcare records in which only some of the requested records or information have been released and the remainder have not been released.

In plain English

It shows that a records request has been met only in part. Some of the requested healthcare information has been released, while the rest has not.

In context

Here, "partial release" reports that only part of the requested healthcare information has been released and part remains unreleased.

Situation
Managing records, consent forms, proxies, privacy, and information release
What it communicates
reports that only part of the requested information has been released.

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not say why the remaining records or information have not been released.

Examples

“The clinic marked her records request as a partial release after sending the lab results but not the counselling notes.”

Core meaning

“A partial release left the patient with her discharge summary but without the imaging reports she had requested.”

In context