Government
AMA seeks protection of peer review materials
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Jan. 5, 2004
The American Medical Association will continue to work with the Bush administration and Congress to enact legislation that would prevent the use of peer review information in legal proceedings. The group is seeking a bill that would prohibit the discovery of records, information and documents obtained during professional review proceedings.
The AMA already had policy to pursue this type of legislation, but some physicians at the Association's Interim Meeting said the issue needs to be a higher priority. A report on progress is scheduled to be given at the AMA's 2004 Annual Meeting.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/01/05/gvbf0105.htm.
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