“Big business” hospital culture may be fostering physician mediocrity and sham peer reviews, according to a release from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
The first priority of financially-driven hospitals, according to the AAPS, “is bringing in more revenue from the government and insurers, and decreasing their expenses. Physicians who care about their patients may stand in the way of this business plan.” Those who put patients first may cause harm to the hospital’s bottom line, according to the release, driving out ethical physicians.
The organization also mentions physician awareness of sham peer reviews, or the abuse of the peer review process that was intended to protect patients. AAPS is developing workshops and materials for physicians who feel they are at risk of rigged reviews.
Read the APPS release on hospitals and physicians.
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