A recent Washington state Supreme Court opinion could make it harder for the public to access performance-related records from public hospitals.
The case started when a doctor who was terminated from Quincy Valley Medical Center in Central Washington sought documents related to his employment.
He used the state’s Public Records Act to pursue the information, but the hospital denied the requests, arguing that quality assurance and peer-review information was exempt under the statute.
Open records…
A recent Washington state Supreme Court opinion could make it harder for the public to access performance-related records from public hospitals.
The case started when a doctor who was terminated from Quincy Valley Medical Center in Central Washington sought documents related to his employment.
He used the state’s Public Records Act to pursue the information, but the hospital denied the requests, arguing that quality assurance and peer-review information was exempt under the statute.
Open records…