Quality and Safety in Health Care, Part LXXI: Peer Review, Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation, and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation.

Abstract

Peer review can be utilized to increase the quality of care for patients by upgrading the performance of all the providers by identifying learning opportunities. Peer review can identify providers whose care is below the standard of care and recommend actions to correct the situation. Peer review is also important to satisfy requirements of the government and The Joint Commission. Ongoing professional practice evaluation and focused professional practice evaluation have been required since 2008 to help insure that providers are rendering excellent care, and the results of these evaluation procedures are also utilized in privileging decisions.