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Go to our home page and click on the "Find a Physician" tab. This tab can found at the top of the page. It is the 3rd tab from the left.

Click on the specialty that you are looking for and a list of physician names will appear.

 

The Lake County Medical Society is a voluntary, medical professional organization comprised of physicians representing multiple specialties.  As such, LCMS has no medical or legal authority to deal with disputes that may arise regarding medical care.  If direct communication between a patient and his/her physician does not result in the resolution of a dispute, the Lake County Medical Society may be able to offer direction to the appropriate hospital department or committee if the care in question was delivered in the hospital.  Being that this organization is a voluntary membership organization, we do not have an arbitration process that has any binding authority for disputes that occur within or outside of the hospital setting.

 

We represent physicians in the professional aspects of their practice to help improve the health of the community.

 

To extend medical knowledge, advance medical science, cultivate fraternal and social relationships among its members, elevate and make known the opinions of the profession in scientific, legislative, and public health, and provide political representation for its members.

 

There are no patient records of any kind stored in our office, although occasionally we might know their whereabouts. Please keep in mind that records are usually destroyed after seven years; however, obstetric records will be retained until the child reaches his/her 18th birthday.  Please contact your physician’s office or the hospital medical records department to obtain your records.

 

Yes, doctors may, at their discretion, release you from their care. They must give you reasonable notice to secure another physician. You should receive a certified letter from your doctor which should include information on the transfer of medical records as well as emergency and interim care. Please note that if you have been released by your doctor it is your responsibility to act immediately to find another doctor. There is a waiting list to get in to see any doctor.

 

First, secure a new doctor, then write a letter to the doctor you're leaving breifly noting the reason you're leaving and formally requesting the release of your medical records.

 

If the request is made by the patient or the patient's personal representative (as defined by Ohio Revised Code 3701.74), total costs for copies and all services related to those copies shall not exceed the sum of the following: With respect to data recorded on paper, the following amounts:

• Two dollars and eighty-four cents ($2.84) per page for the first ten pages;
• Fifty-nine cents (59¢) per page for pages eleven through fifty;
• Twenty-four cents (24¢) per page for pages fifty-one and higher;
• The actual cost of any related postage incurred by the health care provider or medical records company. With respect to data recorded other than on paper such as copies of X-rays, EKG strips, etc.:
• One dollar and ninety-four cents ($1.94) per page
• Postage

The following entities are entitled to one free copy of a medical record: the Bureau of Workers' Compensation; the Industrial Commission; the Department of Job and Family Services; and the patient or patient's personal representative if the medical record is necessary to support a claim for Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and the request is accompanied by documentation that a claim has been filed.

We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization.