Hospitals that Care Enough to Make A Difference
One more Boston Hospital steps in to help with medical records that were slated to be destroyed. The moving and storage company
pleaded with the State to take the records, but they told the owner they did not have the authority or space?
A lot of help they were, so even the government agencies didn’t even care, so nice move on the part of the
hospital, that had to go and get a court order to step in and help
patients. Again, nice work on the part of the hospital, seeing the human side of helping other humans, something we seem to ultimately lack in so many areas of business and healthcare ethics today. BD
is coming to the rescue of hundreds of patients whose medical records were about to be destroyed, after their family physician abruptly closed his Acton practice and left the records in legal limbo.
A Lynn storage company – hired to clean out Dr. Ronald T. Moody’s office after he was evicted in September – was scheduled to discard the records on April 8 and auction the remaining equipment. Moody, 62, who state regulators said had let his medical license lapse, ran a private practice. He was not affiliated with Emerson Hospital.
The idea of dumping hundreds of patients’ files without them knowing about it had bothered Appleyard. Unable to find Moody, Appleyard contacted the state Board of Registration in Medicine and pleaded with the state to take the records. Board officials told Appleyard they didn’t have the authority, budget, or storage space to take the files.
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