MEDICAL RECORDS

The HIM department is open from 8:00 - 4:30 , Monday - Friday. Please call 719-587-1392.

Q. Can I get a copy of my birth certificate or my child's birth certificate at the hospital?
A. The hospital does not issue Birth Certificates. To get a copy you must go to the Vital Statistics Office at the Alamosa County

Court House.Vital Statistics
402 Edison Avenue
Alamosa, CO 81101
719-589-6681

Q. Is there are charge to get a Birth Certificate?
A. The Vital Statistics office charges $15.00 to $20.00 for each copy.

Q. Can I get my immunization records from the hospital?
A. You must call your physicians office to get a copy of this data.

Q. Can you tell me what blood type I have?
A. Unless you gave birth at SLVRMC or received a blood transfusion here, we would not have that information . Please contact your physician.

Q. How can I get a copy of my Medical Record?
A. You must notify us 24 to 36 hours before you actually need the copies. The patient will either need to come into the HIM office and sign an authorization for us to release copies , or they may fax a letter and include the patients name, Social Security number, Date of Birth, a list what information they are requesting, and a telephone number they can be contacted at. They will need a signature by the patient (which will be compared to the patient's signature on the medical record). This may be faxed to: 587-1377. If you do not have a fax machine available, you may also mail us the request.

SLV Regional Medical Center
Attn: HIM Department
106 Blanca Avenue
Alamosa, CO 81101

Q. Is there a charge to get my Medical Records copied?
A. Yes, the charge is $14.00 for the first ten or fewer pages, $0.50 per page for pages 11-40, and $0.33 for each additional page.

Q. What do I do if I find a mistake on my baby's Birth Certificate?
A. You will need to come to the Medical Records department at the hospital. We will check your baby's medical record . We check the birth registration form that you filled in at the time of the baby's birth to see if we can detect an error at the time the information was filled in by the parent. If the mistake is ours, we will pay the cost to correct it. If the information was filled in incorrectly by the parent, the parent will pay for any corrections that need to be made.

Q. Why wasn't the father's name on my baby's Birth Certificate?
A. If a couple is NOT married, and a paternity form was not filled out and signed at the time of birth, the father's name will not appear on the birth certificate.

Last Modified: April 23, 2007 9:15 PM