Transforming the Culture of Peer Review: Implementation Across Three Departments in an Academic Health Center

Conclusions Each department’s success was due to recognition of different patient and provider cultures that offer unique challenges. The transformation of peer review was a crucial first step to shift perceptions of peer review from a punitive to a constructive process intended to improve patient safety. Our experience with reengineering clinical peer review shows the importance of focusing on just culture as a key method to prevent patient harm.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research