During the recent webcast, "Peer Review: Seven Challenges and Realistic Solutions," speakers Robert J. Marder, MD, and Mark Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, answered a range of questions regarding data collection, peer review committee meetings, and process improvement....
In preceding months, we looked at the design of an OPPE system for general performance metrics that could affect the entire medical staff, including clinical quality case review, professionalism, and medical record documentation. Although I said in last month's column we would wrap up this...
This month, we continue to design an OPPE system that could be used in your facilty by looking at medical record completion as a communication performance measure. The examples offered in this series are just that--examples. They may or may not be relevant to the challenges in your organization...
Last month, we began the design of an actual OPPE system that can be used in your organization, starting with clinical case review. This month, a second OPPE measure will be added: professionalism. The recognition of professional conduct as a legitimate metric for the assessment of physician...
While the basic concept of peer review has remained the same over the years?the evaluation of a physician's competencies and ability to deliver safe and effective care?the ways it is performed and evaluated have changed, as well as the question of who falls into the peer review bucket. The same...
A large part of establishing privileging guidelines is boiling all the information down to what's most relevant to the unique specifications of the MSP's own facility and then making the best recommendations possible to the departments or service lines, the credentials committee...
The results are in for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s second Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. The survey, designed to measure the culture of patient safety in outpatient medical offices, gauges staff and provider attitudes about patient...
Although telemedicine has the potential to make access to care simpler and easier, healthcare experts and telemedicine advocates still have concerns that regulatory obstacles are preventing the industry from reaching its full potential, while raising legal questions for both hospitals and...
As a physician leader, when you think about publicly reported quality data, do you wince at potentially bad news, or do you welcome that data as another tool for improving patient care? Here is some information you should know about CMS' Physician Compare website and Hospital Consumer Assessment...
