Competence evaluations for allied health professionals (AHP) is not onerous. For Joint Commission–accredited organizations, the HR standards require that AHPs have the same education, training, and competence requirements as their employed equivalents. For example, if the hospital employs...
Today's tip comes from the December issue of Medical Staff Briefing:
Although most organizations have different methods for completing OPPE and FPPE, one common factor is that it requires both the medical staff services and quality departments. The data usually lives in the...
Citing the Texas "anticompetitive action exception" to the peer review privilege, the Supreme Court of Texas (the "Court") ordered a hospital to produce a number of peer review documents.
After questions were raised about Dr. Young's clinical competence, the medical staff services department (MSSD) was requested to gather any additional information about professional concerns. It was also time to gather data for her biennial reappointment. A request about any behavioral,...
The internal peer review processes at hospitals aim to measure and monitor physicians' performance through evaluations by other physicians. Peer reviewers are typically physicians in the same community and specialty as the physician who's being evaluated. However, in certain situations,...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (the "Court") rejected a hospital's argument that the state's peer review statute applied to electronic medical record audit trails.
