Some hospitals are innovators, always on the cutting edge of new technology. Other hospitals are content with letting those innovators put the new technology to the test before considering adopting it for themselves. But all hospitals should be careful in choosing which technologies to adopt.

In the coming months, I hope to address challenges you face in performing peer review, a critical yet difficult medical staff function. The series will also include case studies to test your peer review IQ. I thought I would start this series by discussing the contemporary definition of peer...

In the past, no physician refused emergency department calls under any circumstances. Recently, however, physicians have begun to reject this duty. All medical staffs should review their policies regarding on-call physicians and consider adopting a policy that obligates all physicians to...

Editor's note: Last week's "Ask the expert: Who is likely to sue as a result of improper or inadequate proctoring?" stated "There is no legal or regulatory requirement to proctor every physician new to the medical staff, so it is important for hospitals to make clear that not all newly...