Florida's Amendment 7, or the "Patients' Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents Act," continues to flex its muscle in cases involving negligent credentialing, making additional medical records discoverable. Previous cases have already shown Amendment 7 to be self-...
The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, affirmed a district court's refusal to grant qualified immunity to a county-owned hospital's board members in a discrimination suit brought by three interventional cardiologists of Indian descent. The plaintiff cardiologists...
An Ohio Court of Appeals ruled statements made by a hospital's chief medical officer (CMO) that were secretly recorded by a decedent's family were not protected under peer review, affirming the decision of the trial court.