Court Opinion

ID: 9758121
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:12:28.934027+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:47.213271
License: Public Domain

DORSEY, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority, but I write separately to reiterate my position that redaction of the privileged information may render nonparty medical records discoverable from a hospital or physician. See In re Columbia Valley Regional Medical Center, 2001 Tex. App. LEXIS -, at *-, 41 S.W.3d 797, 801-02 (Tex.App. — Corpus Christi 2001). In Columbia Valley, I dissented because I believe that redacting all information that might directly or indirectly reveal the identity of the nonparty patient whose records are being sought will make the records fall outside the scope of the privilege. In this case, I agree that redacting the identity of the patient cannot prevent indirect disclosure of his identity. Here, only one patient’s records are sought. While it appears that nursing home records are protected by different confidentiality statutes than are general *797medical records, the principle that redaction can bring a document outside the scope of the privilege applies equally.