Amendment 7 discourages peer review documentation
Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider, September 1, 2010
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Per the Constitution of the State of Florida, Amendment 7 (the Patient’s Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents) gives patients the right “to have access to any records made or received in the course of business by a health care facility or provider relating to any adverse medical incident.” Thus, all peer review documents are made discoverable—and all patients have to do is ask.
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