The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a trial court judge should not have given a physician access to a hospital’s peer review files without first determining if the hospital took disciplinary action against the physician.
Christus Santa Rosa Health System convened a medical peer review...
For many medical staffs, getting physicians to accept and use performance data has been a struggle. Although the availability and use of physician data seems like a technical issue based on information systems and data accuracy and reliability, fundamentally, it is a cultural issue. Unless a...
When developing or fine-tuning a focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) process, consider adopting a common reporting form that allows all proctors to share their observations in a standardized manner. Such forms also help to ensure that each proctor comments on all pertinent elements...
Check out The Complete Guide to OPPE and FPPE, a brand new go-to resource for making sense of professional practice evaluation scenarios that don’t fit squarely into traditional frameworks, such as telehealth providers,...
In May, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published Guidance Regarding Patient Safety Work Product and Providers' External Obligations in the hopes of clarifying what documents are considered patient safety work product (PSWP) and thus protected from discovery...
My goal in consulting and writing is to help medical staffs move from a punitive or indifferent peer review culture to one that supports physician improvement and the pursuit of excellence. The good news is that peer review culture can change. But how do you get there? In my experience, there...
