am currently writing an article for Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider about how medical staffs can protect their peer review documents from discoverability under HCQIA...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
The most common use of an administrative time out is to address repeated episodes of unprofessional conduct that occur after the medical staff’s efforts to intervene collegially have failed.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
Congratulations to the April Greeley Medical Staff Institute Symposium contest winner, Melinda Seibert, medical staff coordinator at West Valley Hospital! Melinda developed a one-page tool to be used during reappointment for the medical executive committee.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
Whenever a peer review committee sends a letter to a physician indicating that he or she provided inappropriate care, the chair should include his or her phone number on the letter and encourage the physician to call with questions or concerns.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
Deciding when to initiate external peer review can be a daunting task for medical staffs. Even more daunting is the process for ensuring that the external peer review process is fair and protected.
