title: Can incident reports be used as evidence--for the plaintiff?
abstract: Court cases involving the right of plaintiffs' lawyers to obtain copies of hospital incident reports turn on the particular privilege statute in the court's jurisdiction and on the hospital's advance consideration of the role of the report. Certain steps can be taken by hospitals to minimize the likelihood of a discoverable ruling in court.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Willis
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D011640:Public Policy; D011996:Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States