Medical malpractice litigation: the discoverability and use of hospitals' quality assurance committee records.
Medical staff review committees and their records can play a major role in a hospital's defense against malpractice actions. Members of such committees are liable to varying degrees to actions for conspiracy, tortious interference with a business relationship, defamation and malpractice. Various defenses and statutory immunity in many states provide ample protection where the participant is acting reasonably and in good faith.
D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006761:Hospitals; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011996:Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States