Despite concerted effort to improve quality and safety, high reliability remains a distant goal.
Although this likely reflects the challenge of organizational change, persistent controversy …

Background Clinical care review is the process of retrospectively examining potential errors
or gaps in medical care, aiming for future practice improvement. The objective of our …

Objectives Gather normative data on the goals of clinical peer review; refine a best-practice
model and related self-assessment inventory; identify the interval progress towards best …

Despite its importance, the objective impact of clinical peer review on the quality and safety
of care has not been studied. Data from 296 acute care hospitals show that peer review …

Prior research has shown wide variation in clinical peer review program structure, process,
governance, and perceived effectiveness. This study sought to validate the utility of a Peer …

Peer review of the quality of care of the medical staff in a healthcare delivery system,
properly executed and utilized, can bring about changes that improve the quality and safety …

Clinical peer review is in the process of evolving to a model that is better adapted to
supporting ongoing improvements in health care quality and patient safety. This quality …

Hospital performance is one of the fundamental tools of assessment through which hospital
managers, policymakers and other stakeholders can determine if the investments are paying …