A physician has a private practice employing a physician assistant, a nurse, and a medical assistant. The physician also has hospital privileges at a nearby facility. Who owns the medical records generated by both and him and the staff at the practice?
A. the public health department
B. the physician assistant if he or she treated the patient
C. the hospital
D. the insurance company paying the bills
E. the physician
E. the physician
Patients' medical records are considered the property of the owners of the facility where they were created. For example, a physician in private practice owns his or her records; records in a clinic are the property of the clinic. Hospital records are the property of the admitting hospital.
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