A model frequently used to describe medical error is the “Swiss cheese model” described in the book Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents by James T. Reason. The concept is simple: reduce the number of holes (errors) and increase the number of barriers (error prevention...
The story of Michael Swango, the physician currently serving a life prison sentence for poisoning his patients and colleagues, motivated numerous...Read More »
Short of terminating a physician’s employment, appraising a physician’s performance is often the responsibility that administrative and medical...Read More »
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit involving Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), the teaching hospital of the Yale School...Read More »
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (the "Court") vacated a pair of lower court rulings, finding that documents in a physician's credentialing file...Read More »
The primary question a physician reviewer is trying to answer is whether a physician’s actions and decisions were appropriate independent of the...Read More »
Start by finding a couple of physician champions and APPs who are regarded highly amongst their peer group and appear to be leaders, says Carol S...Read More »
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (the "Court") ruled that a physician’s claims against the health system and...Read More »
The foundation for much of peer review is case review. And although medical staffs have been conducting case reviews for years, that doesn't...Read More »
