For many organizations, an OPPE program is the first systematic process for large-scale practitioner performance improvement. Progress can be...Read More »
In 2023 and beyond, credentialing specialists will face the reality that more and more applicants being recruited by hospitals and vetted by...Read More »
The California Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision striking a physician’s complaint that a hospital falsely reported...Read More »
The medical staff office doesn’t assess practitioners’ competence, but MSPs can ensure that the organized medical staff has the bylaws, policies,...Read More »
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system designed to enhance the data available to...Read More »
Medical staffs know that the peer review process is not free of bias, but what they might not know is that bias goes far beyond being a partner or...Read More »
A New York hospital being sued after one of its physicians was convicted of sexually assaulting several patients can’t use the state’s peer review...Read More »
Performance indicators, also known as performance measures, are predefined competency areas in which a practitioner’s performance is evaluated....Read More »
The oversight function of the peer review process involves all the actions necessary to oversee the process to ensure that it is done correctly....Read More »
