Medical staff peer review--living with the Health Care Quality Improvement Act.
This article sets forth numerous insight and practical suggestions for conducting medical staff hearings in compliance with the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986. The authors examine when a practitioner is entitled to a hearing, how to prepare for a hearing, and how the hearing itself should proceed, from the opening statement to the hearing panel's recommendation.
D003406:Credentialing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004465:Economic Competition / 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; D014485:United States Federal Trade Commission