The Medical staff counselor
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On October 17, 1989, after a long delay, final regulations under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 were published. This article analyzes the requirements under the Act and the regulations and how their implementation will affect the future of peer review.
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The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 offers broad immunity against damages for health care entities and individuals conducting peer review activities. Among the health care entities receiving such protection are professional societies conducting peer review. Such protection is afforded only when review and reporting requirements of the Act are met. This article focuses on the benefits of the Act and the costs of compliance for medical specialty societies.
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This article discusses the impact of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 on the ability of hospitals to conduct informal peer review and provides examples of the types of actions that may be taken without triggering the due process and reporting requirements of that act.
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In this article, the author analyzes the approach taken in three recent Florida cases dealing with staff privileges and exclusive contracts, discusses their impact on physicians, and recommends that other jurisdictions follow this approach.
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In order to accomplish effective, objective peer review and quality assurance in the midst of concerns about confidentiality and malpractice, 12 widely-held, false assumptions about the nature of peer review and quality assurance must be discarded.