Peer review ensures that a hospital assesses the performance of individuals granted clinical privileges via the activities of its medical staff,...Read More »
Healthcare today is evolving at such a rate that it is difficult to keep track of it all. Practitioners' patterns of practice are under more...Read More »
Although perhaps not as long-standing as their name implies, forevermore references have been around for a while. Part of the draw is their...Read More »
Prospective proctoring is a powerful and greatly underutilized tool. The approach involves a one-on-one discussion with the practitioner of...Read More »
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas (the "Court") granted a petition for writ of mandamus, requiring the trial court to vacate...Read More »
Since the days of Semmelweis and Nightingale, patient outcomes have been measured and evaluated. When The Joint Commission introduced focused...Read More »
Identifying red flags within credentialing applications can be the first step to protecting yourself and your facility from a successful plaintiff...Read More »
About a year ago, I ran into a well-known physician quality leader at a national meeting. As we discussed various aspects of physician performance...Read More »
