This systems view of clinical peer review informs my research, products and services.
It revealed neglected process improvement opportunities.
Since 2007, I have donated substantial time and resources to conduct research and report
on best practices in clinical peer review in the pursuit of quality and patient safety.
This area has largely been neglected by academia.
Giardino AP, Edwards MT. (2021) The Interface Between Quality Improvement, Law, and Medical Ethics. in Giardino, AP, Varkey, P, eds. Medical Quality Management: Theory and Practice, 3rd edition. Springer, Cham. (published Online First September 1, 2020) doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48080-6_11
Edwards MT. In Pursuit of Quality and Safety: an Eight-Year Study of Clinical Peer Review Best Practices in U.S. Hospitals. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018;30(8):602-607
(published Online First: April 9, 2018) doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzy069. Request Preprint
Edwards MT. An Organizational Learning Framework for Patient Safety. Am J Med Qual. 2017;32(2):148-55 (published Online First: February 25, 2016)
doi:10.1177/1062860616632295. Request Reprint