State medical boards have been stymied in their ability to take disciplinary action against physicians who engage in serious misconduct, in part because hospitals and other health care organizations rarely report such misconduct. This Article offers a proposal for incentivizing hospital reporting of physician misconduct, inspired by an existing but flawed model in the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act. This Article proposes that state legislatures link state medical practice act reporting requirements with state laws establishing an evidentiary privilege for peer review activities
An important responsibility of hospitals is to assure the quality of the medical care they provide. ...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
Purpose There is wide variability in the frequency and severity of disciplinary actions imposed by s...
State medical boards have been stymied in their ability to take disciplinary action against physicia...
Participants in the hospital peer review process enjoy enormous protections under federal and state ...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
This Article starts with a history of the growth of hospital peer review and then examines the merit...
THE LAW GOVERNING medical staff peer review at California hospitals has changed dramatically over th...
This Article proposes a solution to the problems associated with the current use of vague standards ...
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the inherent problems of blanket peer review confidenti...
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the inherent problems of blanket peer review confidenti...
Three court decisions reviewing medical peer re-view conducted in hospitals were discussed at length...
According to an estimate by the Institute of Medicine made over a decade ago, treatment errors in ho...
An important responsibility of hospitals is to assure the quality of the medical care they provide. ...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
Purpose There is wide variability in the frequency and severity of disciplinary actions imposed by s...
State medical boards have been stymied in their ability to take disciplinary action against physicia...
Participants in the hospital peer review process enjoy enormous protections under federal and state ...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
This Article starts with a history of the growth of hospital peer review and then examines the merit...
THE LAW GOVERNING medical staff peer review at California hospitals has changed dramatically over th...
This Article proposes a solution to the problems associated with the current use of vague standards ...
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the inherent problems of blanket peer review confidenti...
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the inherent problems of blanket peer review confidenti...
Three court decisions reviewing medical peer re-view conducted in hospitals were discussed at length...
According to an estimate by the Institute of Medicine made over a decade ago, treatment errors in ho...
An important responsibility of hospitals is to assure the quality of the medical care they provide. ...
State medical boards (SMBs) protect the public by ensuring that physicians uphold appropriate standa...
Purpose There is wide variability in the frequency and severity of disciplinary actions imposed by s...