Patient Records in Limbo

The Times-Picayune reports that patients have been unable to get their medical records from 15 recently shuttered Vision Plaza locations in New Orleans. Vision Plaza's parent company has declared bankruptcy, which has raised multiple legal issues, many related to patient records.

James Sandefur, a doctor who is secretary of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners, a regulatory and licensing agency, called for doctors to get the records as soon as possible.

"State law says that patient records are the property of the doctor," he said. "The records should not be the property of the landlord or the company that went into bankruptcy."

Posted by AJR at July 9, 2004 08:47 AM