$1,100 hospital bill for dead father’s medical records prompts petition Published Friday, October 4, 2019 10:52AM EDT A Toronto woman who says a hospital charged her more than $1,100 to access her deceased father’s medical records is petitioning the Ontario government to enforce fee regulations and increase transparency in the health-care system. Read full story. […]
Kathleen Finlay was interviewed by Tessa Vanderhart for a story on the high costs of obtaining medical records.
We are paying as taxpayers for a healthcare system that harms us, and the perversity of it is that we have to pay again to defend the doctors who have done the harm. If that isn’t perverse I don’t know what is. —Kathleen Finlay, founder and CEO, The Center for Patient Protection, CTV National News […]
Kathleen Finlay was interviewed on The Morning Show on Global News Radio in connection recent stories involving the high cost of medical records. When healthcare providers make access to patient records unaffordable, they compromise the trust and transparency that is necessary for positive healthcare outcomes. Listen to the interview here.
Kathleen Finlay was interviewed by CTV News on a story concerning the high costs of patients accessing their medical records. In this case, a family was initially charged more than $1000 to see their late father’s hospital record. It is the kind of barrier that reduces transparency and patient and family engagement, and a contributor […]
Kathleen Finlay was interviewed by Evan Solomon on the high cost in human and financial terms of medical errors. The program streams across Canada and into the United States. Kathleen Finlay interviewed on the Evan Solomon Show on the iHeart Radio Network. (Listen to a clip here).
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