An Indiana doctor who resigned, rather than be fired, from his hospital practice can access the records of a peer review proceeding because a state privilege law shielding documents from discovery doesn’t apply to him, a federal court in the state said.
The Indiana Peer Review Act makes all peer review committee proceedings confidential, but there is an exception that allows health-care providers to see the records of an investigation into their own practices, the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana said.
The exception isn’t limited to the period of time while an investigation is active, the …
