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Evidentiary Privilege For Hospital Quality Assurance And Risk Management: Assessing Statutory Reform, David G. Duff

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Quality assurance (QA) and risk management (RM) programs originated relatively recently in Canadian hospitals. Associated with the increasingly institutional framework for the delivery of health care, their development has been stimulated by tougher standards for hospital accreditation., the expanded scope of hospital liability for medical malpractice, and direct government regulation. While these measures promise substantial advancement in patient safety and the quality of medical care, considerable concern has been voiced that their potential is frustrated by the unwillingness of medical personnel to participate wholeheartedly in such programs without clear guarantees of confidentiality for the deliberations and recommendations of QA and …