Avoiding the legal pitfalls of suspending physician privileges

Suspending a physician's privileges can be a tricky procedure, although it's a situation that every medical executive committee (MEC) faces at one point or ­another. Suspending physicians for impairment is typically very straightforward, but suspensions that result from behavioral or quality issues tend to land in particularly gray areas, which means your hospital's bylaws and procedures relating to suspensions need to be airtight.

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