Disadvantaged Physicians: The Ill-fated Connection between Hospital Immunity and Sham Peer Review

An important responsibility of hospitals is to assure the quality medical care they provide. One key pillars assurance a committee local peers determine professional competence physicians. On occasion, incompetence or disruptive behavior clinician found have caused patient harm. The peer review holds deficient physician accountable and hospital uses their authority impose swift corrective action ranging from remedial education, proctoring restriction revocation privileges [1].