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Today's free resource is a combined OPPE/FPPE policy used at Doctors Hospital of Manteca, in Manteca, California. This form and many others can be found in The FPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance,Second Edition, by Juli Maxworthy...
Proctors may not know what information they need to collect or report. To help proctors succeed, give them a standardized form to complete when observing another physician. Today’s free resource is a summary focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) monitoring form. This form is completed...
Although OPPE is not an easy task to accomplish, a strong foundation in the underlying principles and current expectations can prime those involved in the process for success. Take this free quiz to evaluate and strengthen your mastery of the OPPE fundamentals.
Collaboration within and beyond the hospital is key to a robust OPPE process. MaineGeneral Medical Center, part of MaineGeneral Health system in the Augusta area, has taken this philosophy to heart. The hospital initiated OPPE and FPPE in 2009, but had a similar physician quality assessment...
There is good protection for physicians who engage in peer review activities, such as legal immunity from damages under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, which is often reinforced by similar state statutes. However, these statutes cannot keep lawsuits from being filed. Therefore,...
Prospective proctoring is a powerful and greatly underutilized tool. The approach involves a one-on-one discussion with the practitioner of concern to learn how he or she will tackle a specific patient care problem and to understand his or her clinical thinking. It is a vehicle for previewing...
Peer review ensures that a hospital assesses the performance of individuals granted clinical privileges via the activities of its medical staff, and uses the results of such assessments to improve care. This free resource is a sample form for documenting OPPE results from ...
