Horty Springer -Horty Springer March 2021 Audio Conference: Building an Effective PPE/Peer Review Process: “Survey Says...”

How does your hospital’s PPE/peer review process compare to other hospitals?  To best practices?

Since 2013, close to 600 hospitals attending Horty Springer’s The Peer Review Clinic have completed surveys describing their PPE/peer review processes.   The data illustrates how PPE/peer review processes have evolved over the years and how they differ based on hospital size and other demographics, such as the percentage of physicians who are employed.  The data also serve as a helpful reminder of what works – and what doesn’t! 

Join Paul Verardi and Phil Zarone as they explore questions such as the following based on aggregate survey results from The Peer Review Clinic:    

  • How many FTEs (clinical and non-clinical) support the PPE/process at small and large hospitals across the country?  Do those hospitals believe that number is sufficient?
  • How many cases are reviewed through the PPE/peer review process on a monthly basis?
  • Are APPs reviewed through the same process as physicians, or via a separate process?
  • Is the care provide in outpatient settings reviewed through the Medical Staff peer review process?
  • Who does the initial review of cases – an individual or a committee?  Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?        
  • Are individual case reviewers paid?  If so, how much?  By whom?  What are the trends?
  • Is there a multi-specialty PPE/peer review committee?  How many individuals serve on it, and for how long?
  • Are PPE/peer review committee members paid?  How much?  By whom?  What are the trends? 
  • Do hospitals still “score” cases?  Is this changing?
  • What is the role of the MEC?  What should it be? 
  • What information should be shared with the MEC about PPE/peer review?  With the Board?  

SPECIAL NOTE:
There is no educational content to this course. This course is designed to supplement training that has already occurred. This course is designed to only collect CME evaluations.

Target Audience

This course was designed for hospital administrators, physicians and clinicians who need to be better informed about how to manage and possibly improve their overall performance.

Suggested Additional Reading:  

  1. Clinical care review systems in healthcare: a systematic review, Laura E. Walker et al, Int J Emerg Med. 2018; 11: 6.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805667/
  2. In pursuit of quality and safety: an 8-year study of clinical peer review best practices in US hospitals, Marc T. Edwards, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2018, 30(8), 602–607.  https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/30/8/602/4964828   

 

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, the participant should be able to:

  • Identify and implement peer review “best practices” that foster consistent, effective, and constructive peer review processes and promote both patient safety and practitioner success.
  • Develop reports that allow the Medical Executive Committee and Board of Directors to oversee the peer review process.
  • Identify the four top foundation principles for PPE success and incorporate them into the Medical Staff’s PPE processes.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/11/2021
Course expires: 
01/11/2024
Horty Springer
United States

Paul A. Verardi, JD — Partner with the law firm of Horty, Springer & Mattern, P.C.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Philip W. Zarone, JD — Partner with the law firm of Horty, Springer & Mattern, P.C.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

All presenters disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above.  No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
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