The Florida Supreme Court recently decided a case which is critically important to Florida citizens who seek information about their physicians’ qualifications.
In Charles v. Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, published Jan. 31, the Supreme Court considered the issue of “whether the records that patients have a right to access under Article X, Section 25, of the Florida Constitution (“Amendment 7″) are privileged and confidential under the Federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. §299b-22 2005) such that Amendment 7 has been preempted by federal law.”
