This month begins a series on understanding and implementing an effective ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) peer review program in your organization. This series is designed to demystify the process and offer OPPE best practices that can actually be implemented by medical staffs.
Neurophysiological monitoring refers to any measure used to assess the functional integrity of the peripheral or central nervous system. Neurophysiological monitoring can be performed by clinical neurophysiologists or by intraoperative monitoring technologists, and it occurs in the OR, ICU, or...
Clinical contracts present numerous challenges for a hospital and its medical staff, which begin even before the contract is executed. The relative complexities of this process will vary, given the specific service to be performed...
Onboarding can be an arduous process for physician leadership and medical staff service departments (MSSD), even when things go smoothly. More and more, organizations are hearing about the provider experience of onboarding--including their frustration when application...
When properly conducted, peer review can be an effective process to improve the quality of care provided by physicians. It generally involves the evaluation of a physician's clinical competence or professional conduct by a committee of the physician's peers. To be effective,...