State access to peer review records: a clash of public policy.
Hospital peer review is a process that promotes important public objectives, yet is frequently under attack by persons pursuing private interests. An additional threat to this process has arisen from an unlikely source: state hospital licensing authorities. In this article, the authors discuss the conflict between state laws requiring access to peer review records and the need for confidentiality of such records.
D003219:Confidentiality; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D008004:Licensure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008006:Licensure, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010380:Peer Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States