Drafting and maintaining medical staff documents, such as committee minutes, is a crucial skill in which all medical staff professionals should be proficient. It requires careful attention to detail not only for record keeping purposes, but also because these documents may be subject to scrutiny in a future peer review hearing or litigation. Learn from a legal standpoint what should (and should not be) included in these important documents and how to draft language addressing complex peer review issues.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the do's and don'ts of minute taking from a legal perspective.
Document peer review issues and include essential elements when drafting correspondence to medical staff members or notes to the credentialing file about peer review issues.
Identify the confidentiality provisions that apply to peer review records.
