Spanish Medical Records Translation
Translate medical records from Spanish to English for a doctor in the US, an insurer, a disability or injury case, or ECFMG. We translate the historia clínica, the informe médico, the resumen clínico and the receta from Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Spain, certified and signed.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for Spanish medical records records
What a Spanish-language medical file contains
The name of the document changes from country to country, and so does the shorthand inside it.
Historia clínica, resumen clínico, epicrisis
In Mexico the hospital file is the expediente clínico, kept under NOM-004, with a nota de ingreso, notas de evolución and a nota de egreso; the resumen clínico is what the patient is given to carry to the next doctor. Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru call the discharge summary an epicrisis, and Spain an informe de alta. We name each document in English by what it is, not by a single word for all of them.
Mexican chart abbreviations
A Mexican historia clínica opens with AHF, APP and APNP, the family, pathological and non-pathological history, then EF for the physical exam and Dx, Tx and Rx. Hypertension is HAS in Mexico and HTA almost everywhere else; a stroke is an EVC, a heart attack an IAM. Vital signs are TA, FC, FR and SatO2. Every abbreviation is written out in English so a US clinician reads the history without a key.
Recetas and drug names
An IMSS or ISSSTE receta lists the generic name from the cuadro básico; a private one often gives the brand. Paracetamol is acetaminophen in the US, and metamizol, sold over the counter across Latin America, is not approved here at all, so the translation names the drug clearly. Dosing shorthand such as c/8 h, VO, IM, tab and sol iny is written out as every 8 hours, by mouth, intramuscular, tablet and injectable solution.
Who is asking for your Spanish medical records translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Doctors and hospitals
A new physician needs your diagnoses, medications and reports in English before the first visit. Each report is translated in full and certified, so it can go into your chart as it is.
Insurers
Health, travel and disability insurers ask for the medical report and the itemized bill in English, translated completely and certified, before they pay a claim for care received abroad.
ECFMG
ECFMG accepts a word-for-word translation on a translation service's letterhead, signed by the translator with a certification statement. Summaries and extracts are refused. Our certified translations follow that format.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Spanish medical records.
Send the pages a doctor would read
The discharge letter, the current medication list and the reports it relies on cover most visits. A full hospital file can run to hundreds of pages, so start with those and add the rest if the recipient asks.
Letterhead, stamps and signatures count
The hospital header, the doctor's stamp and the registration number on a prescription identify who wrote the record. Scan each page whole, including forms and the back of any page with a stamp.
Tell us who will read it
A physician needs the clinical pages, an insurer the diagnosis and the itemized bill, ECFMG a word-for-word translation of the entire document. Say which in the order notes, with the patient's name as the passport spells it.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Spanish medical records translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the medical records is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
Spanish Medical Records FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Which documents should I translate before a first appointment in the US?
- The resumen clínico or epicrisis from your last hospital stay, the most recent informe médico from your specialist, the lab and imaging reports they refer to, and your current recetas. Each page of up to 250 words is $25, so send the pages a doctor will read first. The vaccination cartilla goes under its own document type.
- Can you translate an incapacidad, a dictamen or a certificado médico for a claim?
- Yes. An IMSS certificado de incapacidad temporal para el trabajo proves the days off, a dictamen de invalidez supports a disability claim, a Colombian EPS incapacidad or a Spanish parte de baja does the same job, and a certificado médico describes an injury for a lawyer or an insurer. We translate the form, the stamps and the doctor's cédula profesional number on it, and the factura if an insurer is paying.
- Do you translate US medical records into Spanish?
- Yes. Families send US hospital records to a doctor back home, to IMSS or a Colombian EPS to continue treatment, to a Spanish mutua or a travel insurer for reimbursement. Tell us the country at checkout, because a Mexican doctor reads tensión arterial and a Colombian one presión arterial, and the translator uses the terms the reader expects.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other Spanish documents we translate
Medical records translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's medical records records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Insurance claim translations, ECFMG translations before you order.