This week’s quick tip comes from an exchange adapted from HCPro’s webinar, “OPPE and FPPE Case Study: Award-Winning Professional Practice...Read More »
The Joint Commission has identified the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s core competencies as a potential framework for evaluating practitioners who are credentialed and privileged through the medical staff. The competency domains provide the foundation for identifying and...
Because peer review is a medical staff–led initiative, the specific process varies between organizations. At our hospital, when a practitioner’s...Read More »
Don’t be surprised if practitioners push back or give defensive responses about potential performance issues identified during professional practice evaluation. This free resource provides a few typical examples of complaints that practitioners may offer during the course of an evaluation, along...
Shortly after the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, Orlando Health hospital reported that some of the first people to contact them were...Read More »
“Peer-to-peer review helps hospitals to discuss their problems in a safe environment, when it isn’t a crisis. We should strive for a day when a...Read More »
Last month, my column covered the evolution of peer review during the 20th century and some lessons learned from its successes and failures. To...Read More »
This form can be used to document a practitioner’s level of engagement at a facility by assessing not only clinical activity—or lack thereof—but other general competency elements such as patient care (NPDB query) and professionalism (participation in continuing medical education).
This case highlights how an entire organization (i.e., board, medical staff leadership, CEO, attorney) was unclear about the employment/contract...Read More »
