16.1 Confidentiality of InformationARTICLE 16: IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITYInformation with respect to any practitioner, submitted, collected or prepared by a Representative orThird Party for the purpose of reviewing credentials, utilization review, peer review, corrective action,achieving and maintaining quality patient care, reducing morbidity and mortality, contributing to clinicalresearch or other related purposes of the <strong>Hospital</strong> shall be confidential to the fullest extent permitted bylaw, shall not be disseminated to anyone other than a representative unless required by law or consentedto by such practitioner, and shall not be used in any way except as provided herein or except asotherwise required by law. This information shall become a part of the <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> files and shall notbecome part of any particular patient’s file or of the general <strong>Hospital</strong> records.16.2 Release from LiabilityEach Practitioner by requesting privileges and/or <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> membership at the <strong>Hospital</strong>, and /orexercising any privileges at the <strong>Hospital</strong>, hereby releases, indemnifies and holds harmlessrepresentatives, Third Parties, and any individual authorized by any of the foregoing to performinformation gathering or disseminating functions from any and all claims, demands or actions withrespect to all acts, including without limitation, communications, reports, recommendations, ordisclosures of information performed pursuant to these <strong>Bylaws</strong> including, without limitation, actsperformed in connection with:A. Applications and Nominations for <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> membership;B. Applications for clinical and admitting privileges;C. Applications for advancement from proctoring status;D. Applications for renewal and reappointment of <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> Membership, clinicalprivileges or admitting privileges;E. Corrective action;F. Summary or automatic suspension or termination of <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Staff</strong> membership and/orprivileges;G. Hearings and appeals;H. <strong>Medical</strong> care evaluation studies;I. Peer review committees and activities;75
J. Other <strong>Hospital</strong> Department, Division, <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Staff</strong>, Committee or Subcommitteeactivities relating to quality assurance, utilization review, risk management, patient care, andprofessional conduct;K. Providing information to Third parties.76