The Appellate Court of Illinois’ First Judicial District (the “Court”) reversed a trial court’s discovery order, finding that a hospital met the burden of proof establishing that certain documents are privileged under the Medical Studies Act (the “Act”).
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 8
Proctoring and the performance of FPPE provides a valuable service to patients and the medical community. It protects patients and can help a colleague identify opportunities to improve the quality of the care he or she delivers. Many medical staff bylaws declare participation in...
Using a laundry list or a fragmented privileging system is an extremely inefficient way of complying with FPPE/OPPE requirements, often synonymous with attempting to fit a square peg in a round hole. This is true even when utilizing a privileging system that includes both core/bundle privileging...
Once the decision is made to offer APPs the opportunity to train up, the organization is now ready to determine the policy and procedures necessary to accomplish this goal. Policy considerations should include the following:
A purpose statement or objective: The organization must
Sharing peer review information between hospitals is a crucial step in helping medical staffs make informed decisions about granting clinical privileges to practitioners. However, if the disclosure process is not done carefully and appropriately, medical staffs can expose themselves to legal...