The malpractice analysis form should be given out with your medical staff application. This form is used to help MSPs and physician leaders determine if claims are outside the norm and require further investigation. The questions/numbers on this form are just suggestions; you should adjust them to fit the specific needs of your organization. Just because an applicant might have a high settlement or numerous settlements, that does not mean you should automatically deny his or her application, but further review the specifics of the situation.

Published 9/12/18

One of the key challenges in any evaluation of human performance is the issue of bias, and peer review is no different. If a critical goal of peer review is fairness, then we must avoid any actions—intended or unintended—that would bias the results. Bias undermines the reliability or accuracy of the result.

Published 9/10/18

Bylaws should be carefully written to ensure that they can’t be changed casually, but also that amendments don’t face an unreasonable hurdle. This balancing act will be decided differently by various medical staffs.

However the medical staff authorizes amendments to its bylaws, changes must be ultimately approved by the hospital governing body. This is a requirement established under the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP), which state that the bylaws must “be approved by the governing body.”

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