Health Care & Hospital Law
Aug. 27, 2013
Who is in charge of our hospitals?
A pending case before the state high court concerns a physician's right to sue a hospital for retaliatory peer review without first exhausting other remedies. By Barry S. Landsberg and Joanna S. McCallum
Who is ultimately responsible for what happens to us when admitted to a hospital? Literally, no one wants to "go there." We just want to know that physicians and hospitals are providing quality care. For decades, however, a debate has raged within hospitals for primacy over responsibility for deciding whether a physician's privileges to treat hospital patients should be curtailed or terminated. What role...
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