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Court upholds Illinois Medical Studies Act privilege for peer review committee documents

The Appellate Court of Illinois for the First District (the “Court”) affirmed a circuit court’s judgment that documents produced by Loyola University Medical Center’s Medical Care Evaluation and Analysis Committee (MCEAC), which conducts peer reviews of hospital deaths to reduce morbidity and mortality, were privileged under the Illinois Medical Studies Act (the “Act”).

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