Supporting Safer Healthcare

I’ve written before about the case of Anne Mitchell and Vicki Galle, RN’s who lost their jobs at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit, Texas after reporting concers to the Texas Medical Board about Rolando Arafiles, Jr, MD, one of the physcians on the medical staff.   What happened next  created a national firestorm, and is [...]

"You can't have that document, it's protected under attorney-client privilege."  Ever heard that?  Ever said that?  If you work in healthcare administration, including risk or medical staff management, the answer is probably yes. Perhaps you've wondered whether the information in the disputed document was legitimately protected under attorney client privilege, or whether that statement was simply being [...]