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Carol and Keith Klaine filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Frederick Dressen D.O. and Southern Illinois Medical Services d\/b\/a The Center for Medical Arts<\/a>. In an amended complaint, the plaintiffs added a party defendant, Southern Illinois Hospital Services d\/b\/a St. Joseph Memorial Hospital and Memorial Hospital of Carbondale (SIHS), for negligent credentialing of Dr. Dressen.<\/p>\n

In the discovery process, SIHS provided over 1,700 pages of documents. However, SIHS refused to provide certain documents, which it listed in a privilege log, as required by Illinois Supreme Court Rule 201(n)<\/a>, asserting that the withheld documents were privileged pursuant to, inter alia, the Medical Studies Act (735 ILCS 5\/8-2101)<\/a> and the Healthcare Professional Credentials Data Collection Act<\/a> (Credentials Act) (410 ILCS 517\/1 et seq.).<\/p>\n

The plaintiff moved the court to review the SIHS excluded documents that it claimed were privileged for an in-camera review. After reviewing the documents, the circuit court judge agreed with SIHS that all of the documents were privileged, with the exception of those documents contained in \u201cGroup Exhibit B,\u201d \u201cGroup Exhibit F\u201d and \u201cGroup Exhibit J.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carol and Keith Klaine filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Frederick Dressen D.O. and Southern Illinois Medical Services d\/b\/a The Center for Medical Arts. In an amended complaint, the plaintiffs added a party defendant, Southern Illinois Hospital Services d\/b\/a St. Joseph Memorial Hospital and Memorial Hospital of Carbondale (SIHS), for negligent credentialing of Dr. Dressen. 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