In plain English
It means giving out a patient's medical records or other health details. The information may go to the patient or to someone else who is allowed to receive it.
In context
Here, ROI names the hospital team that handles the disclosure of a patient's medical records or other health information to the patient or to another permitted person or organization.
- Situation
- Managing records, consent forms, proxies, privacy, and information release
- What it communicates
- names the hospital team handling the records-release request.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not establish who is permitted to receive the information in a specific case.
Examples
“The ROI for her hospital stay included a copy of the discharge summary sent to her and the scan report sent to another clinic.”
“When he asked for a copy of the chart, the receptionist directed him to ROI.”