1 Comments Posted by Badpenny

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I work for my local medical society. I spend about 30% of my time trying to track down medical records. The idea that a hospital would just leave them is disgusting! As far as HIPAA regulations go, by law medical records are supposed to be SECURED. It doesn't matter if the patient is deceased. As soon as the hospital was slated to close to records should have been transferred with the patient. If the patient died, then the family should have been given the records. I spend so much of my time trying to find some goofy Dr. who moved to BFE without notifying his patients. I had one Doc who moved to France! Left his records in his office. Do you know how much it costs to call France? You would think people with 12 years of schooling would be smarter! Thank you for letting me vent. Interesting website. Please visit www.forgottenoh.com for another great abandoned TB hospital.