We can assist you in deteremining the reasons behind any adverse actions promulgated by the ACGME
Our parent organization, the American Medical Foundation for Peer Review and Education, (AMF), provides good faith
physician and medical staff peer review, specialty department assessment, and fully integrated, entire hospital quality-of care evaluation for institutions faced with quality concerns.
If requested, the Foundation for Advanced Medical Education, (FAME), provides effective post peer review, on-site monitoring and proctoring of clinical practice techniques, on-site education, and preceptorship programs for training physicians utilizing new medical devices, procedures and other therapeutic interventions, and provides assistance with credentialing.
For institutions needing additional solutions to their problems, we offer arbitration, mediation, and expert hearing officers. When requested, the Foundation will work with hospital counsel to help avoid legal pitfalls and to assure due process for physicians involved in peer review and hearings.
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
We recognize that hospitals, physician practices, and other health care providers have little margin for error when it comes to maintaining high quality standards. Managed care companies and other third party payers insist that contracting practices and institutions demonstrate their quality-of-care. Morbidity and mortality rates, for example, are prime considerations in the success of a health care institution. We provide valuable assistance
to help hospitals demonstrate quality and to
deliver cost effective quality service peer review. Following
the review, we offer a number of educational options that can change physician techniques and behavior in a positive way. Our experience has been that the majority of peer reviews show a need for education, not punitive action.
