Medical staff credentialing and peer review requires a hospital to collect data on practitioners that is significant and sensitive. It is important that the hospital use such information only for the purposes for which it was collected. A hospital should take all reasonable measures to protect...

When an outside third party is used to proctor, it is always important to describe the parameters of the working relationship in a formal agreement or contract. This agreement must address the expectation that the proctor’s observations and findings will be kept confidential and patient...

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