Medical staff credentialing and peer review requires a hospital to collect data on practitioners that is significant and sensitive. It is important that the hospital use such information only for the purposes for which it was collected. A hospital should take all reasonable measures to protect...
Work-product privilege is a type of peer review protection law that prevents information associated with the peer review process from being...Read More »
It’s estimated that around 1,500 surgeries each year end with a retained surgical item (RSI). These patients often experience frequent infections...Read More »
When an outside third party is used to proctor, it is always important to describe the parameters of the working relationship in a formal agreement or contract. This agreement must address the expectation that the proctor’s observations and findings will be kept confidential and patient...
The American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, and Manatt Health released the first set of results in a series of studies...Read More »
Eighty-five percent of physicians think it is never acceptable to cover up or avoid revealing a mistake if that mistake would cause harm to the...Read More »
If a low- or no-volume practitioner is on staff at another hospital and working there, getting relevant data can be as easy as reaching out to the...Read More »
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed the decision of a district court granting summary judgment in...Read More »
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice recently released an open letter addressed to Maryland Senator Dan K. Morhaim, MD, board...Read More »
