As of March 13, 2006, the Medical Exam Program for LANL Former Workers resumed operations on a limited basis. Any former worker who is interested in an examination should contact the New Mexico Program Office in Española at these telephone numbers: 1-877-500-8615 (toll-free) 1-505-753-0193 (local)
The first group of former worker examinations were done in April 2006 at the program office in Española, New Mexico by physicians from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of New Mexico. Medical Record Reviews will not be offered in Phase III of the program. Another option for former worker examinations is through the DOE National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP) described below. In the fall of 2005, a new DOE medical screening program called the National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP) was established to provide services to those former workers who do not live near a medical screening site. This includes workers from a facility that does not have an established Former Worker Program, as well as those former workers from a facility that does have a Former Worker Program but who no longer live near that facility. The NSSP also provides the option of receiving a medical screening from your own private physician. The options offered through the NSSP include the following: 1) Medical Examinations Provided to Former Workers Who Do Not Live near the Testing Sites. Participants will complete an exposure and medical history questionnaire from the Former LANL Workers Medical Exam Program. We will advise the NSSP of the recommended testing that should be conducted. The former worker will then be contacted by the NSSP, and a medical screening will be scheduled at a participating clinic closest to the worker’s current address. The NSSP will review test results, and the test results will be sent to the former worker as well as to the Former LANL Workers Medical Exam Program (if the former worker has signed a medical release form to allow this). The test results will then be included in the medical results database. 2) Medical Examinations Provided to Former Workers Using Their Own Physicians. Former workers who would prefer to be screened through their personal physician may have a medical screening arranged by the NSSP. The Former LANL Workers Medical Exam Program will advise the NSSP of the recommended testing that should be conducted. The NSSP will review test results, and the test results will be sent to the former worker as well as to the Former LANL Workers Medical Exam Program (if the former worker has signed a medical release form to allow this). The test results will then be included in the medical results database.
For former workers who are already in this program, your medical records, in both hard copy and electronic forms, are currently maintained at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, where they will continue to be stored and protected from unauthorized use and access for at least ten years as is required by federal and state laws and university policy. If you have any questions, please contact us at: 1-877-500-8615 – Toll-Free Program Number 1-505-753-0193 – Española Program Office lanlfwms@jhsph.edu - e-mail address
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