Finding that documents gathered, used, and generated during a hospital’s root cause analysis (RCA) process were privileged from disclosure, the Appellate Court of Illinois for the First District (the “Court”) reversed a Circuit Court of Cook County’s decision ordering the hospital to produce the...
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Since 2000, many hospitals have changed their peer review approach, with estimates that more than 50% now use the multispecialty model. Having assisted many organizations with this transformation, I wanted to find out whether these efforts were useful and sustainable.
Essentially, assessing competence in the ambulatory setting does not differ from the processes used in the acute care setting. The same requirements and expectations are applied to the ambulatory setting as well. It does not matter what terms the medical staff and organization use to describe...
