According to a report from Ciitizen, more than half of health care providers are out of compliance with federal patient data access rules.
When Kelly Shanahan had her OB-GYN practice in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., she was meticulous about providing medical records promptly to all patients who requested them, she said.
But since being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2013, an event that forced her into retirement, Shanahan has discovered that not all of her doctors are as attentive to such requests.
Getting copies of her records has been, as she puts it, "a colossal pain."
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