Date: January 20, 2003 01:10 AM
Author: Andy Schlafly (aschlafly@aol.com)
Subject: you've described the problem

Sundar,

You've described the problem beautifully. Hospitals "own" their peer review committees, through financial coercion. So if an aggressive hospital administrator wants a doctor eliminated, he can count on the peer review committee to follow through and eliminate him.

Is the answer to require a peer review by persons not receiving financial benefits from the hospital?

Andy

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