House v. SwedishAmerican Hospital

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• concluding that records of a patient's \prior conduct\ were protected from disclosure by the patient's rights of confidentiality
• noting that the Confidentiality Act was enacted to protect patient’s privacy rights and to provide an inducement to seeking mental health treatment.
• finding that disclosure of the requested information would reveal that the patient was a recipient of mental health services and would result in a violation of the Act
• “Simply revealing [a] patient’s identity, in and of itself, will not result in the disclosure of confidential communications. It is evident that disclosure of the patient’s name does not violate the physician-patient privilege.”
• plaintiff not entitled to medical records of her assailant, who attacked the plaintiff in the hospital lounge, even though this court found that much of the information contained in the nonparty’s medical records would be relevant to the issue involved

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