Griffith v. Aultman Hosp. (Slip Opinion)

*197{¶ 1} In this appeal from the Fifth District Court of Appeals, we consider the definition of “medical record” as it is used in R.C. 3701.74. Appellant, Gene‘a Griffith (“Griffith”), advances the following proposition of law: “A hospital should not be permitted to withhold portions of a patient’s medical record by unilaterally selecting and storing those medical records in a department other than its medical records department.”

{¶ 2} For the reasons that follow, we conclude that because the Ohio General Assembly did not limit the definition of “medical record” in R.C. 3701.74(A)(8) to data in…