Learn how to request a copy of your medical records at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Medical records include, but are not limited to a patient’s medical history, test results, office visit notes, discharge summary, and operative reports of treatments and medical services. The Medical Records Department can provide you with copies of your medical records related to care at a facility.
The medical records offices are not available for patient walk-in services. If you need to collect records in person, please contact us at 617-726-2361 for possible options.
Patients can request copies of and that amendments be made to their medical records by submitting forms to the Mass General Brigham Medical Records Department.
Additional authorization may also be required for the release of specifically protected or privileged information. Certain information can take up to 30 days for processing. Contact the Release of Information Unit at 617-726-2361 with questions about specific requests.
Mass General does not provide birth or death certificates. To request medical records of a deceased patient, the request must be accompanied by authorization from the executor of the estate.
Please note that a fee may be associated with a medical record request.
Patients also have secure online access to much of their health information 24/7 using the Mass General Brigham Patient Gateway. Go to https://patientgateway.massgeneralbrigham.org/mychart-prd/accesscheck.asp to enroll.
iPhone ® users receiving care at Massachusetts General Hospital and all other Mass General Brigham entities can now use the Apple Health app to access and visualize key parts of their current health records, including allergies, conditions, immunizations, labs, medications, procedures and vitals.
The Apple Health app allows users to combine health records from multiple care providers.
To begin, open the Apple Health app, navigate to Health Records, select the institutions from which you wish to download your data, and follow the instructions.
The app is available to patients with an iPhone running iOS 11.3 or later.
We are proud to be one of the first organizations to enable this capability for patients.
To obtain copies of radiology images or films, please contact the Mass General Imaging Department Image Service Center.