Medical Records

If you’re a Scripps patient and use the MyScripps portal, you can request copies of your records and imaging through MyScripps. Imaging is shared through Nucleus; a web-based, cloud-streaming technology. Log in to MyScripps and look for Request Medical Record and complete the steps for the Authorization for Disclosure of Health Information.

Additionally, we’ve put together an informational webpage on how to understand medical records, how to read the notes and what to do if you have a question.

If you don’t have a MyScripps account, you can request your medical records by following the steps below.

To request your records from Scripps — including radiology reports and images — download, fill out and sign the form below. Be sure to include the dates of service. Without that information, the request cannot be completed.

• Request/Authorization for Health Information (PDF, 260 KB)
• Solicitud/Autorización para obtener información de salud (PDF, 130 KB)

To allow a representative to act on your behalf with regard to protected health information, the Designation of Personal Representative form needs to be completed and signed by the patient.

• Designation of Personal Representative (PDF, 55 KB)
• Designation of Personal Representative — Interactive Form (PDF, 63 KB)
• Designación del Representante Personal (PDF, 57 KB)
• Designación del Representante Personal — Formulario Interactivo (PDF, 190 KB)

Please read the forms carefully before you sign them, and be aware that whoever you give your health information to must be responsible for securing it.

Once you have completed the forms, please mail, fax, email or drop them off to a Scripps location:

Mail

Scripps Health

Release of Information Center

PO Box 235498

Encinitas, CA 92023

Fax

760-633-7747

Email

recordsrequest@scrippshealth.org

Emails requesting medical records must include a completed Request/ Authorization for Health Information form (see above).

Drop off at any Scripps location:

Mon - Fri, 8 am - 3:30 pm

You may ask that the authorization form be mailed to you by contacting the Release of Information department at 760-633-7746.

There is no cost for medical records if they are sent to another health provider for continuing care. 

If medical records are requested and released directly to the patient, or an authorized representative, for personal, legal or insurance purposes, Scripps Health charges the following fees:

• One-time $5 for each patient request
• $0.02 per page charge for electronic records over 250 pages
• $0.10 per page for non-electronic records over 50 pages
• $6.50 for radiology images CD copy or Nucleus.io Imaging Cloud upload.

There is a $15 processing fee for medical records requests from legal offices, copy services and insurance companies. Requests must be mailed to the PO BOX above or served in person to the Scripps Health Release of Information Department. Please contact us for the address.

Additional fees per page may apply. Checks for payment should be made payable to Scripps Health Release of Information Department. To submit a payment by credit card, please call 760-633-7746.

Requests for medical records are processed within 15 business days of receipt. Delivery of medical records to the requester may vary based on the number of requests received.