The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986--what it means to the physician.
Despite the valid purpose of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986--to restrict the practice of incompetent physicians through effective peer review--the author believes the Act will increase the number of unfair disciplinary hearings, while eliminating a physician's remedies for such wrongful conduct.
D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010380:Peer Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States