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Case Study: Acute Care Hospital Avoids Legal Escalation After Peer Review

November 23, 2025

Background A mid-sized acute care hospital identified a potential quality-of-care concern following a complex surgical procedure. The patient experienced unexpected postoperative complications, and the family expressed concerns regarding the surgeon’s decision-making and intraoperative management. The hospital’s leadership worried the situation could escalate into a malpractice claim without objective clarification. Challenge The internal review committee felt […]

Success Story: Advancing Accreditation Readiness Through External Peer Review

November 9, 2025

Background:A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) was preparing for its upcoming accreditation survey and recognized the importance of demonstrating a strong, data-driven quality improvement program. While the center had internal review processes in place, leadership sought an external perspective to ensure objectivity, consistency, and alignment with accreditation standards. Challenge:Internal reviews were limited by time and […]

External Peer Review: Improve Healthcare Performance & Patient Safety

November 3, 2025

Healthcare organizations constantly strive to provide safe, effective, and high-quality care. One of the most powerful tools to achieve this is external peer review—an independent evaluation of clinical practice conducted by qualified professionals outside the organization. Unlike internal assessments, external peer review provides an unbiased perspective, identifying opportunities for improvement that may otherwise be overlooked. […]

Case Study: Identifying Quality of Care Issues and Mitigating Litigation Risk Through a Comprehensive Peer Review by QPS

October 26, 2025

Background A large healthcare organization identified potential concerns regarding the clinical performance of one of its providers. While no formal complaints had arisen, leadership recognized the need to proactively assess patient care practices to ensure adherence to evidence-based standards and minimize potential litigation exposure. To achieve an objective, data-driven assessment, the organization engaged Quality Peer Solutions (QPS) to conduct […]

Case Study: Advancing Quality of Care within FQHC Through External Peer Review

October 26, 2025

Background A large Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving over 35,000 patients across multiple sites faced challenges in maintaining consistent quality of care. Despite strong leadership and a dedicated clinical team, internal quality reviews were limited by time constraints, resource shortages, potential bias in peer-to-peer evaluations. As a result, the organization sought an independent, data-driven solution to […]

Supporting FQHCs in Maintaining Compliance Through Ongoing Peer Review and Quality Improvement

October 24, 2025

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are required by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to maintain a robust Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance (QI/QA) program that ensures continuous monitoring of clinical performance and patient safety. As part of this requirement, health centers must ensure that physicians and other licensed health care professionals conduct QI/QA assessments at […]

How External Peer Review Helps Healthcare Facilities Maintain Regulatory Compliance

October 21, 2025

In today’s healthcare environment, regulatory compliance is more than a requirement—it’s a commitment to transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement. Healthcare organizations are expected to demonstrate that they provide safe, effective, and evidence-based care while maintaining rigorous standards of provider performance. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through external peer review. External […]

Beyond Internal Oversight: The Expanding Role of External Peer Review in Large Physician Groups

October 8, 2025

In today’s evolving healthcare landscape, large physician groups operate in a complex ecosystem defined by volume, variability, and visibility. Hospitalist, emergency medicine, and multispecialty organizations often manage hundreds of clinicians practicing across dozens of hospitals and outpatient centers—each with distinct policies, EMR systems, and cultures of care. Within this variability lies a persistent challenge: how […]

Enhancing Quality and Accountability in Federally Qualified Health Centers: The Role of External Peer Review

September 27, 2025

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) operate on the front lines of U.S. primary care, serving underserved and vulnerable populations. Ensuring clinical quality, safety, and professional accountability within FQHC settings is challenging given resource constraints, diverse provider backgrounds, and limited oversight. External peer review offers an independent mechanism to assess and improve clinical practice, mitigate bias, […]

How Outsourcing Peer Reviews Saves Time for Medical Staff Committees

September 17, 2025

In today’s healthcare environment, medical staff committees are expected to juggle a growing list of responsibilities: credentialing, privileging, quality improvement, patient safety, compliance, and more. Peer review, while essential to ensuring high-quality care, often becomes a time-consuming task that can overwhelm already busy physicians and hospital leaders. Outsourcing peer review to a trusted partner like […]

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