title: Utilization review can be a tool for improvement.
abstract: The battle still rages over how effective PSROs are in conducting patient care review. A competitive win-lose relationship between the PSRO and the hospital to which it has delegated review authority, two PSRO experts caution, will only rebound to the hospital's disadvantage. However, a partnership between the two, they say, will help alleviate some of the problems that are bound to occur.
mesh_terms: D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000458:organization & administration*