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Article: Riding the red rocket: Amendment 7 and the end to discovery immunity of adverse medical incidents in the state of Florida.
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- Florida Bar Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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On November 2, 2004, voters in Florida overwhelmingly approved Amendment 7. (1) Known as the "Patients' Right-to-Know About Adverse Medical Incidents," Amendment 7 represents one of the most sweeping changes in law and public policy ever adopted in this state. (2) In one fell swoop the amendment has successfully breached the walls of privilege and immunity surrounding secret peer review, credentialing, investigations, quality assurance, and risk assessments of both health care providers' and health care facilities' adverse medical incidents by paving the way for discovery of testimonial and documentary evidence relating to these activities. (3) Adoption of the amendment ...