Today's tip comes from the December issue of Medical Staff Briefing:
Although most organizations have different methods for completing OPPE and FPPE, one common factor is that it requires both the medical staff services and quality departments. The data usually lives in the...
After questions were raised about Dr. Young's clinical competence, the medical staff services department (MSSD) was requested to gather any additional information about professional concerns. It was also time to gather data for her biennial reappointment. A request about any behavioral,...
Citing the Texas "anticompetitive action exception" to the peer review privilege, the Supreme Court of Texas (the "Court") ordered a hospital to produce a number of peer review documents.
The internal peer review processes at hospitals aim to measure and monitor physicians' performance through evaluations by other physicians. Peer reviewers are typically physicians in the same community and specialty as the physician who's being evaluated. However, in certain situations,...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (the "Court") rejected a hospital's argument that the state's peer review statute applied to electronic medical record audit trails.
Most hospitals and their medical staffs do little or nothing to prepare a staff member to proctor. This is a serious deficiency that can have numerous adverse consequences. For example, an aggressive proctor might make judgmental statements that unnecessarily push the...
