Question

1. Explain Peer Review Privilege Statutes

Answer 1

Ans) Peer review privilege is a privilege that protects the institutions and participants from being subjected to peer review. It protects proceedings and reports of a medical facility's peer review committee from disclosing. It protects patient's plaintiff from getting the hospital records of the patient. It protects the confidentiality and assure that records and statements made during review cannot be used as evidence.

The shortcoming of peer review privilege is that it Could strengthen the discrimination cases due to the statements made by the reviewers in peer review documents .