Medical Staff Peer Review: Motivation and Performance in the Era of Managed Care, Revised - JB Printing (J-B AHA Press)

By Susan Lang, Daniel A. Lang, Daniel A. Lang MD

The key to patient safety and improved efficiency of care is the proper evaluation of individual professional performance. Co-published with the American College of Physician Executives, this newly revised edition provides tools and strategies for the performance of effective peer review. Whereas the first edition focuses on peer review of the acute care hospital medical staff, this edition broadens the approach to include ambulatory and post acute delivery settings. It updates and expands the technical and organizational tools available to those who are faced with the need to find ways to improve clinical performance. Chapters include: -Tools for the initial evaluation and credentialing of physicians -Sample physician performance profiles -Techniques for determining clinical privileges of a physician at initial appointment and re-appointment -Making medical personnel decisions -Ethical dimensions of physician performance -Implications of adverse peer review beyond the hospital medical staff -Methods for distinguishing between system and practitioner performance problems

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556482663
• ISBN13: 9781556482663
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.7" x 6.3"