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Information You May Need
This page provides information about and links to:
Releasing Patient Information
General reports are given to your family and friends when they call to inquire about your condition. Their call will be referred to the appropriate nursing unit where we will confirm your name and give a one-word status on your condition.
If you don't want this information released, please notify your nursing staff or specify that you are opting out of our patient directory when you are admitted.
If you choose not to be listed in the patient directory, then we will not be able to acknowledge that you are a patient in this hospital. We also will not be able, therefore, to accept cards, flowers, or phone calls for you. Please read our privacy notice, which is given at admission.
Medical Records Request
 Patients treated at New Milford Hospital may request a copy of their completed medical record by submitting a signed Authorization to Release Protected Health Information (F014144) form.
If copies of your medical record are sent directly to you, there will be 65 cents per-page copy fee, plus the cost of first-class postage and sales tax. If copies are going directly to a physician or hospital, there is no charge.
Wallet Medication Card
 New Milford Hospital (NMH) has created a wallet medication card that could save someone's life. The card is designed to help patients gather and keep with them a complete list of medicines that they take (prescriptions, vitamins, over-the-counter and herbals with full names, dose, and how often taken). The information helps hospital physicians avoid possible interactions or other issues when prescribing medications for patients who are admitted, transferred and discharged.
NMH's new program addresses a key initiative of both the national Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) program to improve patient safety and the overall patient experience and a national patient safety goal of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The IHI initiative, called the 100,000 Lives Campaign, includes a component that focuses specifically on reducing medication errors.
Studies have demonstrated that the process of keeping an accurate and complete listing of any non-prescription or prescribed medicines, vitamins or herbals - whether ordered by a patients primary physician, the hospital, a nursing home, specialist or clinic - can reduce medication errors by 70%. The process also saves time - at least 20 minutes - during admissions, transfers and discharges.
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