The Court of Appeal for the State of California (the “Court”) held that a hospital that flagged a physician’s cases for peer review was protected by the state’s anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute.
Many medical staffs’ current bylaws were originally written decades ago and are simply amended year after year. Due to their piecemeal creation, such documents may have any number of faults.
Hospitals are increasingly adopting technologies that improve efficiency and make life easier for case managers—at least in theory. Machine-learning programs can improve workflow, flag high-risk patients, or automatically send needed documentation to post-acute facilities. In addition, hospitals...
Process refers to how the physician delivers care. For example, a good process indicator for a hospital that provides acute myocardial infarction (AMI) services might be the time it takes to begin a catheterization procedure, or the so-called “door-to-wire” time. Why? Because clinical studies...
