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