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Privilege Denied When Facilities Fail To Comply With NJ Patient Safety Act

Two New Jersey healthcare facilities that violated the New Jersey Patient Safety Act, N.J.S.A. ยงยง 26:2H-12.23 to -12.25, (PSA), must provide plaintiff patients with internal reports and documents relating to adverse events,...more

Marshall Dennehey

Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds that, Under Section 311 of MCARE, Matters Reviewed Do Not Require a Document Be Specifically...

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Lahr v. Lehigh Valley Hosp., Inc., 2023 WL 8665017 (Pa. Super. Dec. 15, 2023) - The trial court had ordered production of patient safety reports which were (i) prepared in accordance with MCARE, (ii) intended to be...more

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Florida Supreme Court Rejects PSQIA Preemption of Florida Constitution

On January 31, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court held that adverse medical incident reports produced in accordance with Florida law cannot constitute confidential and privileged patient safety work product (PSWP) under the...more

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The Patient Safety Act goes [back] to Washington

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The scope of a little-known but nonetheless significant federal healthcare law, the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act ("Patient Safety Act), may soon be considered by the United States Supreme Court. In a petition...more

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