In plain English
This means one person is asking to be allowed to use another person's healthcare account or information for them. The purpose is for the first person to act on the other person's behalf.
In context
Here, "proxy request" names the submission that asks for one person to be given proxy access to another person's healthcare account or information so that the first person can act on that person's behalf.
- Situation
- Managing records, consent forms, proxies, privacy, and information release
- What it communicates
- names the submission used to ask for proxy access.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not establish that the requested proxy access has been granted.
Examples
“Maria filed a proxy request to access her father's healthcare account and act for him.”
“The clinic received a proxy request from a son who wanted to manage his mother's health information on her behalf.”