Integral to an effective peer review process is the assurance that the comments of those serving on the hospital's peer review committee will remain confidential. In recent years, several court cases appear to have eroded this assurance of confidentiality by allowing the discovery of hospital review records. This article examines the legal status of peer review confidentiality in selected states and concludes that the confidentiality of peer review proceedings remains intact in most states.
Beset with problems in funding and manpower, graduate medical education (GME) seems to be heading toward a confrontation between expectation and reality.
The dilemma of continuing to provide high-quality care in light of diminishing resources is one that strikes all medical staffs. The use of an automated clinical/financial data base in hospitals points the way to improvements in the cost and quality of care.
Physicians involved in hospital and medical staff management are searching for ways to encourage changes in practice patterns that will keep costs beneath DRG payment rates. Here are five target areas that can lead to significant cost savings.
Offering physicians 300,000 shares of convertible preferred stock in a for-profit subsidiary of a multihospital system is an innovative means to involve physicians in controlling costs and increasing profitability.
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