Bradley T. Truax, MD, principal consultant of the Truax Group, is board-certified in both neurology and internal medicine and has been involved in patient safety for more than 25 years. He says there are no clear estimates on the prevalence of overlapping surgeries (OS). What is...
Hospitals must continue to meet the Conditions of Participation outlined in Interpretive Guidelines in Appendix A of the CMS' State Operations Manual (SOM), notes Frank Ruelas, a patient safety professional and Health...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 9
Clashing interests and ethics can undermine the integrity of medical staff tasks, create financial disputes between a healthcare institution and the physicians who practice there, disrupt key governance processes, cause rifts that jeopardize patient care, and even result in costly legal action...
One of the key challenges in any evaluation of human performance is the issue of bias, and peer review is no different. If a critical goal of peer review is fairness, then we must avoid any actions—intended or unintended—that would bias the results.
"It’s nearly impossible for a genuinely compassionate doctor not to leave small pieces of themselves behind along the way. But, to be honest, I wouldn’t have it any other way."
