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 »
A peer review culture must support physician improvement through structures, policies, and practices designed to minimize biases. And the best way...Read More »
The Supreme Court of Kentucky (the "Court") reversed a lower court's ruling, finding that a root cause analysis (RCA) report was protected by an...Read More »
Understand the circumstances under which the peer review committee typically recommends external peer review to the medical executive committee (...Read More »
While peer review helps evaluate a physician's competency for use in credentialing and privileging, it is also intended to help the physician...Read More »
The goal of physician review is to evaluate the appropriateness of care, independent of patient outcome. Although reviewers often believe that...Read More »
Most hospitals and their medical staffs do little or nothing to prepare a staff member to proctor. This week’s quick tip is a list of things...Read More »
The Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District (the “Court”), affirmed a lower court's judgment that a clinic could not claim peer review...Read More »
You’ve been chipping away at it for years, and now you finally feel like you have ironed out all of the kinks in your FPPE process. It is a well-...Read More »
