Physicians are no strangers to concurrent proctoring. At some point in his or her career, every physician is proctored and serves as a proctor, but there is a lot more to this medical staff responsibility than meets the eye. With many other duties, physicians may not...
Collecting ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) data on telemedicine providers who may be based hundreds or thousands of miles away from your facility seems like a daunting challenge. However, it doesn’t have to be rocket science. It’s simply a matter of adjusting the...
Physicians are often hesitant to serve as proctors, and who could blame them? Proctoring another physician is one of the most awkward positions that a physician can be put into. Proctors must critique another physician’s performance, and their assessment helps determine whether their colleague...
Hospitals in rural areas face some formidable peer review obstacles. For starters, rural hospitals might not have a large enough medical staff to support objective peer review because every physician is either a partner, competitor, relative, or friend with the next physician. In addition, there...
Per the Constitution of the State of Florida, Amendment 7 (the Patient’s Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents) gives patients the right “to have access to any records made or received in the course of business by a health care facility or provider relating to any adverse medical...
