The Court of Appeal for the State of California (the “Court”) held that a hospital that flagged a physician’s cases for peer review was protected...Read More »
Process refers to how the physician delivers care. For example, a good process indicator for a hospital that provides acute myocardial infarction...Read More »
Granting of a state medical license is seen by many as a government's endorsement of a practitioner’s competence. However, in most states, the...Read More »
Once the OPPE/FPPE program is fully designed and implemented, an oversight committee must ensure that the various steps of the process occur as...Read More »
A robust peer review process often hinges on collaboration among a variety of disciplines. Specific participants are selected according to medical...Read More »
Regulators continue to put pressure on hospitals to ensure physician competence through an effective peer review process. Medical staff leaders are charged with organizing and managing a robust approach to peer review. This policy outlines one approach to the challenge of medical staff peer...
Technology now allows the possibility of teleproctoring, whereby a proctor can directly observe another practitioner in real time without being...Read More »
It is common to say, “Let’s train someone by having them do something they have never done before so they get experience.” I guess we come from...Read More »
Increasingly, organizations are implementing policies for evaluating older members of the medical staff—often for practitioners at age 70, or...Read More »
