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...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 10
Hospitals should have a policy that clearly describes the circumstances under which it would seek the assistance of an external peer review organization.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 10
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...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 10
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...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 9
Most of us were trained as physicians through an educational culture that extends back to the so-called Flexner Report published in 1910, if not further. The report represented a rigorous study of the science and art of medicine with an almost brutally negative reinforcement style to ensure that...
