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Unveiling Unseen Realities: How Medical Record Review Reveals Hidden Truths in a Lawsuit In the labyrinthine world of legal battles, truth often hides in the details, waiting to be unearthed by diligent investigation. Nowhere is this more evident than in the realm of medical lawsuits, where the veracity of claims and defenses hinges on a […]
#1. What Are Medical Peer Reviews? Medical peer reviews are performance assessments. Through this process, peers evaluate other physicians’ clinical performances. Teams of multiple physicians are assembled, often by administrative committees and ethics committees, to review the patient charts and activities of a particular physician. The conduct in question may be the result of a […]
Malpractice vs. Peer review The Difference between Malpractice and peer review Malpractice vs peer review, these are two distinct processes, but they can intersect in certain circumstances, especially when malpractice allegations prompt a review of a physician’s clinical practice. Here’s how these processes relate to each other: Malpractice: Malpractice refers to instances where a healthcare […]
Rare Physician Wins in Peer Review Lawsuits Rare Physician wins in peer review lawsuits? Why? Since the enactment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act in 1986, physicians haven’t usually fared well when they go to court to stop or delay hospital peer review actions, provided the hospitals follow the procedural steps set out in […]
