title: Adverse privileging actions in the Army Medical Department.
abstract: Fully 23 years after enactment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act and 19 years after initiation of the National Practitioner Data Bank reporting requirements, the identification and proper processing of adverse privileging actions continues to be a dynamic, challenging, and rights-preserving system at the forefront of the quality assurance initiatives, both within and outside of the Department of Defense. This article addresses the more pressing legal and practical implications of compliance in the adverse clinical privileging actions forum from the Army Medical Department military treatment facility command perspective.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters, US Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Rosalind D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Gagliano
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004647:Employee Discipline / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005791:Patient Care; D010815:Physician Impairment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012449:Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States