Peer Review and Privileging: One Pill Cures All--But It's Tough to Swallow (Importance Outcomes of Peer Review‪)‬

It may be time for us to face reality and admit that peer review, and the resulting privileging process, is an environment rich with improvement opportunities in many hospitals. Probably the biggest challenge is that members of the medical staff increasingly, and perhaps justifiably in some markets, are reluctant to evaluate the quality of care delivered by their peers. This attitude comes not only from professionalism regarding their colleagues, and the emotional fear of being next, but also reasonable concerns about the legal entanglements that can result from peer review activity.