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Displaying 45 Finding Aids
Title
- Department of Health adjudication case files
Series Number
- 17373
Summary
- The files in this series document administrative proceedings that Department of Health program units or the Bureau of Administrative Hearings are not able to settle without a hearing. Cases involve sanitary code conditions, Medicaid, professional medical conduct, nursing home discharges/transfers, emergency medical services, WIC benefits, and patient abuse. Files include hearing transcripts, motions, intermediate rulings, proposed findings and exceptions, and orders rendered. Series also contains index files that include summary of proceedings, findings of fact, and transcripts for every case that is heard by the judges.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Adjudication
Access Restrictions
- Case files of investigations of professional medical conduct: charge must be disclosed if a committee of the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct concurred that a hearing was warranted and the committee voted unanimously to make the charge public; the subsequent findings, conclusions, determinations and final order must be disclosed. See Public Health Law section 230.10(a)(iv) and 230.10(d). Related investigation files are confidential and are not disclosable. See Public Health Law section 230.10(a)(v). Other materials in the files that are exempt from disclosure include privileged attorney-client communications and attorney work product or material prepared for litigation, under Civil Practice Law and Rules section 3101(b) and (c); and inter- or intra-agency materials with certain exceptions, under FOIL sect. 87.2(g).
- All case files: disclosable under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL, Public Officers Law Art. 6), except for materials that are exempt from disclosure by FOIL section 87.2(a) ("specifically exempted from disclosure by state or federal statute"), section 87.2(b) (disclosure would result in an "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy"), and section 87.2(g) (intra- and inter-agency materials, with certain exceptions).
Title
- Department of Mental Hygiene research studies
Series Number
- B2531
Summary
- Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane under the Department of Correctional Services to the civil mental hospitals in the Department of Mental Hygiene.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Hudson River State Hospital patient case books
Series Number
- B2849
Summary
- This series contains case files consisting of official forms and administrative data for patients at Hudson River State Hospital.
Creator
- Hudson River State Hospital (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Physician's office files
Series Number
- B0052
Summary
- This series contains admission reports, hospital reports, medical records, correspondence, examination reports, injury reports, and pharmacy reports generated by the office of the Auburn Prison physician. The medical and record-keeping duties of the physician were spelled out in Chapter 382 of the Laws of 1889.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
Title
- Shock therapy treatment log
Series Number
- B1588
Summary
- This series consists of one shock therapy treatment log recording approximately 3,000 treatment sessions. Each daily entry lists names and technical data for patients receiving shock therapy. Remarks are also frequently included, usually concerning reasons why no treatment was given or when treatment was instituted or terminated.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Willard State Hospital medical certificate of lunacy (commitment) papers
Series Number
- B1429
Summary
- This series consists of medical certificates, petitions, lunacy orders, and forms containing patient information documenting the process used to commit people for care at Willard Asylum (later Willard State Hospital). Earliest forms include patient name, admission date, case number, number committed for the year, and legal status. Later forms include marital status, religion, occupation and information on the illness. Also included is information on people or to be but never committed to Willard. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Hospital records of Attica Prison inmates
Series Number
- B1427
Summary
- This series lists admission, treatment, and discharge information for inmates of the Attica Correctional Facility. Information includes inmate name and number; location, date admitted and discharged; diagnosis, complications, treatment, sequelae (after effects or secondary injury), assignment, and remarks (referral, death date, refusal of treatment, etc.). Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services. Division of Health Services
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy: 75 years;Use only with supervision of archivist.
Title
- Correspondence and report files
Series Number
- 11663
Summary
- This series includes reports of visits to Buffalo State Hospital conducted by the Board of Visitors, members of the State Hospital Commission, and medical inspectors; records relating to patient admission and discharge; and records (steward's letters, store accounts, and inventories) pertaining to purchase and use of supplies and materials at the institution. There are also census books of patients. Some records are restricted.
Creator
- Buffalo State Hospital. Superintendent's Office
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Hospital admission and treatment registers
Series Number
- B0102
Summary
- This series consists of two bound volumes of hospital ledgers documenting the admission, treatment, and discharge of inmates for various ailments. Each entry contains the inmate name, prison number, consecutive number, cell number, age, color, religion, occupation, date received at Clinton, crime, sentence, from what county sentenced, short time, address, prescription, date of prescription, date of admission to hospital, diagnosis, discharge date, and remarks, if any.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
Title
- Dannemora State Hospital transfer records and daily census reports
Series Number
- B1680
Summary
- This series documents inmate transfers to Dannemora State Hospital and daily hospital censuses. Transfer records include: inmate name; identification number; transferring institution and date; date current attack began; former conditions; personal habits; supposed cause of insanity; insane relatives; patient interview; and patient actions. Census books list daily number of inmates admitted; discharged as recovered, much improved, improved, unimproved, and died; re-commitments; total number of inmates; remarks (patient's name and identification number); and average daily population by month. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Dannemora State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Patient data is restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Typhoid fever case report cards
Series Number
- B0164
Summary
- Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of data on victims of typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, salmonella, and (after 1950) salmonella carriers. Personal data includes patient's name; address; occupation; age; sex; color/race; national origin; household composition; and type of residence. Medical data includes diagnosis; probable infection source; food and water sources; sanitary condition; and precautions taken against spread of disease. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Patient diagnosis meeting notes
Series Number
- B1592
Summary
- This series consists of eight typewritten volumes of patient case histories and diagnoses. The format of a diagnosis typically consists of a family history; personal history; description of onset of symptoms of mental disturbance; abstract of continued notes; notes of interview prior to presentation; conclusions; diagnosis; prognosis; proposed treatment; extensive notes of interview of patient at staff meeting; and staff discussion and conclusion of each physician present at the meeting.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Willard State Hospital medical records
Series Number
- 19069
Summary
- This series consists of patient medical records from Willard State Hospital and from the Sampson State School facility. Information for each record includes patient name; admission and discharge dates; gender; age; civil condition; nativity; occupation; cause and form of insanity and if inherited; cause of death; education; and name and address of next of kin. Photographs of the patients are sometimes present as are notes on the patient's condition; activities; transfers; and autopsy reports. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- New York State School for the Blind student health ledgers
Series Number
- B2591
Summary
- This series consists of ledgers describing physical conditions and health of students. Documentation changes over time and includes name, age, height, weight, general health and appearance, temperament, and degree and cause of blindness of students. Series also includes lists of students vaccinated and records of diseases.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- Access to records is administered according to provisions of the Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Smallpox case report cards
Series Number
- B0167
Summary
- Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series contains data on smallpox victims. Personal data includes patient's name; age; sex; color/race; marital status; country of mother's birth; and address. Medical data includes first symptom date; date reported; last successful vaccination date; site where infection occurred; reporting physician's signature; changes in diagnosis; vaccination response; declarations of small pox and rescindments of smallpox certifications. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Communicable Diseases
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Syracuse State School hereditary analysis of applicants for admission
Series Number
- B1645
Summary
- This series consists of a heredity analysis of applicants to the Syracuse State School. Most entries include multigenerational data on mental conditions or predisposition to "feeble-mindedness" as well as remarks on individual or family medical history or living conditions. Entries include name, date, age, county and application status. Pre-1928 entries also include patient and parental nativity, health conditions of parents and other relatives and remarks. The volume, arranged chronologically by application date, includes county and name indexes. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- New York State Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control typhoid fever carriers case control cards
Series Number
- B1068
Summary
- This series consists of cards used to track and categorize chronic carriers of typhoid fever, their status, and reasons they received state aid. Information includes carrier's name; address; birth date or age at operation; occupation; and household census, indicating relevant medical history of others in the household, or the number of cases attributed to the carrier. Medical information includes origin of carrier status; surgeries; state financial aid; brief medical history; and cause of death. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office client case files
Series Number
- 16437
Summary
- This series includes master microfilm copies of original terminated case files of clients served by the Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office (CDDSO). The records filmed chronicle all services provided to clients, including administrative, legal, and programmatic. As such they provide clinical and administrative information documenting the state's institutional services to a substantial number of its developmentally disabled population.
Creator
- Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Client Records Unit
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Poliomyelitis case report cards
Series Number
- B0163
Summary
- Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of personal and medical data of polio victims. Personal data includes patient's name; address; occupation; age; sex; color/race; and national origin. Medical data includes where and how the disease was contracted; physical relationship to milk production or dairy farming; onset, duration, extent, and location of paralysis; contagion preventative measures; and (after 1960) immunization history. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Acute Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Syracuse State School surgeon's daybook
Series Number
- B1646
Summary
- This series consists of a Syracuse State School's record of patient surgeries. Typical procedures include appendectomy, suturing, tonsillectomy. Entries include type of operation; date; patient name; surgeon; surgical assistant; anesthetist (sometimes), and nurse. Early listings note patient's sex; religion; type of anesthetic and time of the operation. For more complex cases, specific procedures are noted, along with surgical findings. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.