What’s the difference between a lawyer who represents the hospital and one who represents the medical staff? That’s not the beginning of a joke; it’s a valid question medical staffs need to ask themselves when selecting legal counsel.
Hospitals in rural areas face some formidable peer review obstacles. For starters, rural hospitals might not have a large enough medical staff to support objective peer review because every physician is either a partner, competitor, relative, or friend with the next physician. In addition, there...
