Florida hospitals resist amendment to release reports on medical mistakes.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Mary Ellen Klas

Nov. 19--TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida voters made it clear on Election Day they want access to the reports on medical mistakes made by doctors and hospitals, but both sides in the constitutional amendment war predicted Thursday it will take a long legal road to get there.

Hospitals launched their latest legal salvo Thursday, asking a judge to suspend the implementation of a constitutional amendment that requires them to release the so-called adverse incident reports until the Legislature or a court decide how to proceed. The amendment was approved by 81 percent of voters on...

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