Although external peer review is seldom required in most organizations, it is nonetheless important to have a policy in place should the need...Read More »
Establishing a structure for reviewing OPPE reports can be challenging, especially given that the process requires the resource-intensive and time-consuming task of interpreting data. The medical staff drives the OPPE process; however, medical staff leaders often do not have adequate time to...
Aligning or integrating quality and medical staff services functions can promote earlier detection of systemic shortcomings that affect a hospital...Read More »
Finding that documents gathered, used, and generated during a hospital’s root cause analysis (RCA) process were privileged from disclosure, the...Read More »
In response to growing concerns with the nationwide rate of physician burnout, Stanford Medicine is the first U.S. academic medical center to...Read More »
“Physicians have more control over our lifestyles than we believe. We may feel stuck, trapped in situations we don’t like, but in truth, most of...Read More »
To address the shortage of physicians in Missouri, a recently passed bill would ease the qualifications for medical school graduates to practice...Read More »
"Ultimately he was driven from the hospital, and from Syracuse, so he feels vindicated. Hopefully this will serve as a deterrent to prevent other...Read More »
"We found that in every single outcome measure where there was a significant difference between patients who had overlapping surgery and those who...Read More »
Pro Publica reported at least 20 rural hospitals in the United States have been found in violation of EMTALA in the past five years based upon...Read More »
