University Health System Children's Kidney Center Fax Number — Send Medical Records and Release Requests
Faxing dialysis history to University Health System Children's Kidney Center means reaching the records team that manages files — this page shows how, securely. University Health System Children's Kidney Center, a pediatric dialysis program in San Antonio, Texas, is a pediatric dialysis program at a children's hospital and receives clinical documents by fax every treatment day. Because a patient's chart is protected health information, this guide covers both where to send it and how to keep the transmission compliant.
University Health System Children's Kidney Center Fax Number
Confirm the right fax with the University Health System Children's Kidney Center office handling your referral or records request
Hours: Records keep weekday hours; the pediatric dialysis team receives time-sensitive orders during clinic hours.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to University Health System Children's Kidney Center
- Monthly laboratory requisitions and results (Kt/V, hemoglobin, phosphorus, PTH, albumin)
- Standing and interim dialysis treatment orders
- Anemia-management orders — an ESA (erythropoiesis-stimulating agent) or IV iron order
- The hemodialysis prescription — dialyzer, treatment time, and blood-flow and dialysate rates
- A new-patient referral from a nephrologist or a transferring hospital
Release of information at University Health System Children's Kidney Center
Medical-record requests to University Health System Children's Kidney Center are handled by its health information management office, not a general line. A signed release-of-information (ROI) authorization is what allows the records to move. Confirm the current records fax with University Health System Children's Kidney Center before you send the authorization.
Cover-sheet basics for faxing University Health System Children's Kidney Center
The cover sheet does the routing work once a fax reaches University Health System Children's Kidney Center. Attach the signed ROI authorization when the fax is a records request. That routing detail is what ties the record to the correct team at University Health System Children's Kidney Center.
Keeping records to University Health System Children's Kidney Center HIPAA-compliant
Faxing PHI to University Health System Children's Kidney Center is allowed, but the service you use has to protect it. A walk-in machine in a shared space cannot promise the confidentiality the rules expect. On Send FAX Mail, HIPAA coverage is included from the $39.99/month Professional tier up, and every page to University Health System Children's Kidney Center is encrypted in transit with a delivery confirmation.
Faxing to University Health System Children's Kidney Center — FAQ
Yes — HIPAA permits faxing protected health information when the channel is secure. Faxing itself is accepted for PHI; the transport is what has to be secure. Send FAX Mail includes HIPAA and encryption from $39.99/month for faxes to University Health System Children's Kidney Center. Handled that way, the records stay within the rules end to end.
Get it from the office that will receive the document rather than an old listing. Many clinics take referrals through a portal or a shared EHR now, so confirm University Health System Children's Kidney Center still accepts fax. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut. Note the number the first time so the next fax to University Health System Children's Kidney Center is quicker.
Release of information begins with a signed ROI request to the records office. The office names the current fax once your request is on file. Put the patient identifiers and the requested dates on the authorization. They release the copies to the recipient you named after processing.
No. Documents go to different fax lines at University Health System Children's Kidney Center depending on the office. What you send to health information management will not reach the dialysis care team. Identify the destination before sending so nothing is misrouted. Sending to the wrong line only delays care for a patient who depends on it.
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