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,...
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.
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,...
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.
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...
If you are struggling with questions related to AHP peer review, privileging, and other medical staff functions, forming an AHP committee may be the answer. Cindy Radcliffe, CPMSM, director of medical staff services at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, California, shares how her AHP...
