HCPro is working on a new book of FPPE forms and tools, and we’re inviting you to be a part of it. Our goal for this book is to feature policies, dashboards, indicator lists, and other forms your organization uses to conduct FPPE. The new book will be structured similarly to...
This month begins a series on understanding and implementing an effective ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) peer review program in your organization. This series is designed to demystify the process and offer OPPE best practices that can actually be implemented by medical staffs.
When properly conducted, peer review can be an effective process to improve the quality of care provided by physicians. It generally involves the evaluation of a physician's clinical competence or professional conduct by a committee of the physician's peers. To be effective,...
A contemporary definition of peer review is far more "expansive" than the traditional notion of individual case/chart review. It includes the ongoing evaluation of an individual's performance for all relevant performance dimensions using all appropriate, relevant, and available sources of...
Negligent credentialing is a legal concept recognized by judges in at least 30 states, but not in South Dakota. However, that may change in the wake of “an avalanche” of cases against Allen Sossan, DO, a spine surgeon who has been accused of botching nearly three dozen surgeries that ended...
HCPro is working on a new book about focused professional practice evaluations (FPPE) and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for this book is to feature the policies, dashboards, indicator lists, and other forms your organization uses to conduct FPPE.