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01.04.2014 | Medicolegal Sidebar
Physician Competence and Skill Part I: The Role of Hospital Corporate Liability
verfasst von:
B. Sonny Bal, MD, JD, MBA, Lawrence H. Brenner, JD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 4/2014
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In a 2013 study by Birkmeyer and colleagues [
2], the authors inquired whether or not the proficiency and skill of bariatric surgeons could influence clinical outcomes. Each of the 20 bariatric surgeons who agreed to be enrolled in the study submitted a videotape of themselves performing a routine laparoscopic gastric bypass operation. Independent, blinded peers examined videotapes and graded various technical skills on a standard rating scale. Birkmeyer and colleagues examined the relationships between proficiency ratings and complication rates (risk-adjusted) from prospective, clinical-outcomes registry data that included more than 10,000 patients [
2]. …