Physician groups are hailing the recent ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court that found a hospital's medical staff has the legal standing under state law to sue and be sued, and that the medical staff bylaws constitute an enforceable contract between a hospital and members of...
The Supreme Court of North Carolina (the "Court") affirmed a decision by the North Carolina Court of Appeals that certain documents requested by a plaintiff-patient suing a hospital for negligence were not protected from discovery by the state's peer review privilege statute.
Every peer review committee member must be aware of the ethical and legal issues they may face when carrying out their committee responsibilities and activities. In most states, laws protect peer review activities, but the committee and its members must still take precautions to maintain that...
