Monthly Archives: January 2018

2017 In Review: Amendment 7 and the End of Peer Review Protection

Amendment 7 to the Florida Constitution provides patients “a right to have access to any records made or received in the course of business by a health care facility or provider relating any adverse medical incident.” Under Amendment 7, an adverse medical incident includes “any other act, neglect, or default of a health care facility or health care provider that caused or could have caused injury to or death of a patient . . . .” Continue Reading 2017 In Review: Amendment 7 and the End of Peer Review Protection