Patient
Avoid. My mom switched to another cardiologist because she felt he was not taking good care of her. Poor bedside manner, and always anxious to leave the room. Since switching cardiologists, she has been off of three of the meds he started and feels much better. This was three years ago. Today we called, trying to get copies of a test for an upcoming surgery, and he refused to do so, citing she hasn't seen him in the last three years. He hung up on me. A patient's medical record belongs to the patient, not the office or the doctor. He had no right to refuse the records release.