More medical staffs are implementing multispecialty peer review committees in the hopes of having one committee that can objectively review and...Read More »
"OPPE and FPPE Case Study: Award-Winning Professional Practice Evaluation Transformation" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the...Read More »
A decade after their introduction, OPPE and FPPE standards still stump seasoned medical staff and quality teams. For more recent entrants to the field, cultivating a practical, yet meaningful professional practice evaluation program can seem all but impossible. Hired into a brand-new medical...
During the past 15 years, physician leaders have often expressed a desire to make peer review more positive. Key practices that allowed for this...Read More »
Today, to help medical staff leaders and committees manage the challenges that sometimes emerge as practitioners age, many organizations have developed policies and procedures that include methods for proactively answering questions of competency for late-practice physicians. These policies must...
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...
