Nebraska Statutes 71-8713. Act; cumulative to other law
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The prohibition in the Patient Safety Improvement Act against discovery, disclosure, or admission into evidence of patient safety work product is in addition to any other protections provided by law.
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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-8713
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Patient safety work product: means any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses, deliberative work, statements, root cause analyses, or quality improvement processes that are:
(a) Created or developed by a provider solely for the purposes of reporting to a patient safety organization. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8708