Once the medical staff and governing board grant a practitioner clinical privileges, the medical staff is then responsible for ensuring that the practitioner maintains current clinical competence for all privileges granted by monitoring and reviewing the quality of care provided by the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 9
Mary, a medical staff quality coordinator, has been charged with gathering activity information for all practitioners for ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE). Mary requests the data from several departments, including admitting, information systems, medical records, pharmacy, and...
One of the key committees for many medical staffs is the peer review committee. This may either be a single committee for the entire medical staff whose members are appointed by the medical staff president, or several departmental committees whose members are appointed by either the medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 8
The United States District Court for the State of Connecticut (the “Court”) granted a motion to compel discovery, finding that in certain cases, if medical peer review privilege is not proved to be “intrinsically meritorious,” a court can decline to recognize it.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 8
Healthcare organizations have become increasingly complex. In past decades, most organizations provided patient care within the walls of the facility. Essentially, no clinical care was provided outside the facility. This care delivery model is no longer the norm—it is actually quite the contrary...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 7
The Court of Appeals for the First Appellate District of Ohio (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision, finding that peer review privilege did not apply to documents used in quality assurance procedures because they were available for viewing via the original source.
