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MOUGIANNIS v. HEALTH SYS.

25 A.D.3d 230 (2005)

806 N.Y.S.2d 623

In the Matter of JOHANNA MOUGIANNIS, Respondent, v. NORTH SHORE-LONG ISLAND JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Flowers, Greenberg & Eisman, LLP, Lake Success (Allan E. Silver of counsel), for appellant.

SCHMIDT, J.P., KRAUSMAN and CRANE, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FISHER, J.

The question presented on this appeal is whether the health care agent of a discharged patient may compel a hospital to provide her with copies of the patient's medical records for the purpose of facilitating appropriate treatment by the patient's subsequent caregivers. The issue appears to be one of first impression.

A health care proxy executed on July 11, 1997, appointed...

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