Hospital Peer Review: AllMed's Dr. Skip Freedman Authors Hospital Peer Review Article
Dr. Skip Freedman of AllMed Healthcare Management authors a Hospital Peer Review article just published in “Hospitals & Health Networks” Magazine.
(PRWEB) February 10, 2005 -- The article, entitled “Overcoming the Politics
of Peer Review” may be viewed by clicking the following link: http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/PubsNewsArticle/data/050208HHN_Online_Freedman&domain=HHNMAG
“The current hospital peer review system created by Congress was
intended to increase quality of care for all Americans,” said Dr. Freedman.
“Unfortunately, Congress did not foresee that hospital peer review actually puts
physicians into an environment where political, economic and personality
conflicts can easily render the process ineffective.”
Dr. Freedman said
that when done properly, hospital peer review is a worthwhile process that can
help doctors and physicians work better together. The article illustrates how
this is possible and addresses the following issues:
• Backlash – What are
the perceived penalties in today’s hospital quality management systems?
•
Risk Management – Why is peer review imperative to risk management for the
hospital?
• Use of Outside Parties – Why it’s important to include outside
parties in the hospital peer review process?
• Benefits of Using an
Independent Review Organization (IRO) – What are the possible cost and time
savings when using an Independent Review Organization (IRO)?
The article
also provides a list of best practices that hospital and providers alike should
be aware of to implement an effective hospital peer review process.
More
information on AllMed and the company's hospital peer review services can be
found on AllMed’s web site at http://www.allmedmd.com.
About AllMed Healthcare
Management
Founded in 1995, AllMed is a URAC-accredited Independent Review
Organization (IRO) serving insurance payers, providers, TPAs and claims managers
nationwide. Reviews are conducted by board-certified physicians in active
practice. AllMed's growing customer base includes premier organizations, such as
Educator's Mutual Life, IMS Managed Care, Tenet Healthcare Corporation,
HealthGuard, several Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations, TriWest Healthcare
Alliance, Allianz and many other leading healthcare payers.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prweb206543.htm