What is it about?
Best practices for hospital medical staff clinical peer review programs in relation to the pursuit of quality and safety
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Why is it important?
Validates and extends preliminary findings from the first national study of clinical peer review practices in a second large cohort of hospitals and shows that most could dramatically improve program effectiveness by adopting best practices.
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Looking back, I wish the findings from this study had made greater impact on behavior. Such is the challenge of getting the evidence to the attention of the decision-makers. Kudos and similar platforms were not widely used then.
Dr Marc T Edwards
QA to QI Patient Safety Organization
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This page is a summary of: Clinical Peer Review Program Self-Evaluation for US Hospitals, American Journal of Medical Quality, August 2010, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610371224.
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