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Understanding the Privileges; Protecting Your Work

Event Format

Webinar

Date

Mon, Nov 16, 2026, 12:00 PM CST – Mon, Nov 16, 2026, 01:00 PM CST

Cost

Member: $39.00 | Non-Member: $99.00

Type

Webinars

Event Host

Contact Information

Open To

Members and Non-members

Description

Event Schedule by Time Zone: 
Pacific: 10 AM to 11 AM | Mountain: 11 AM to 12 PM | Central: 12 PM to 1 PM | Eastern: 1 PM to 2 PM

Understanding which legal protections apply to different types of risk, safety, and quality work product is essential for healthcare risk professionals. This session will provide a practical comparison of patient safety work product protections, attorney-client privilege, attorney work product protections, and state peer review protections, highlighting the unique purpose, strengths, and limitations of each. Participants will learn how to identify the nature of various work products generated within their organizations and develop appropriate pathways for maximizing available legal protections. Attendees will also receive a crosswalk tool that can be used to evaluate and strengthen their organization's approach to protecting sensitive safety and quality information.

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to identify the nature and purpose of key legal protections available for healthcare safety and quality work, including patient safety work product, attorney-client privilege, attorney work product protection, and state peer review privilege.
  2. Attendees will learn how to distinguish between different types of work product generated within their organizations and evaluate which protections may apply.
  3. Participants will also gain practical strategies for developing processes that maximize available legal safeguards while supporting patient safety and risk management objectives.
  4. Attendees will receive a comparative crosswalk tool to help guide privilege-related decision-making within their organizations.
ASHRM CE Credits1
CNE Credits1

Speaker:

Kathryn Wire, JD, MBA, CPPS is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Center for Patient Safety, one of the first PSOs. She has worked with the Center since it was founded in 2005. Before that, she led Risk and Claims for two large regional healthcare systems. She is a frequent speaker for local, state, and national groups, including ASHRM and the American Health Law Association.

 

 

 

 

Member: $39.00
Non-Member: $99.00

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