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In a recent case<\/a>, an Illinois appellate court recently decided that a nursing home was required to turn over certain documents in a medical negligence lawsuit after a resident fell at the nursing home. The resident in the case was an 88-year-old woman who was allegedly injured in a fall while she was a resident of the home. The plaintiff, who was the patient\u2019s guardian, filed a claim on behalf on the patient\u2019s behalf and was trying to get a copy of an internal report from May 2012 after the patient\u2019s fall at the home.<\/p>\n

The nursing home argued that the internal documents concerning the patient\u2019s fall were protected under the Illinois Medical Studies Act and under the Long-Term Care Peer Review Act and Quality Assessment and Assurance Protection Act.<\/p>\n

The Quality Assurance Act and the Medical Studies Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Quality Assurance Act protects proceedings and communications involving\u00a0a peer review or a quality-assessment-and-assurance committee at long-term care facilities. The Medical Studies Act is a similar act that also protects peer-review proceedings and communications but applies to medical facilities. The laws protect certain information in order to encourage internal studies to improve care for patients.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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