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'''Sham peer review''' is a growing problem in hospitals that misuse peer review to discipline and even exclude physicians from their medical staffs {{fact}}. Sham peer review includes anticompetitive manipulation of peer review to eliminate popular physicians from the market, or to retaliate against physicians who are outspoken in favor of improved patient care {{fact}}.
'''Sham peer review''' is a growing problem in [[hospital]]s that misuse [[peer review]] to discipline and even exclude [[physician]]s from their medical staffs {{fact}}. Sham peer review includes anticompetitive manipulation of peer review to eliminate popular physicians from the [[market]], or to [[retaliate]] against physicians who are outspoken in favor of improved patient care {{fact}}.
Hospitals have incentives to conceal and cover up errors in order to avoid [[malpractice]] cases. Physicians are deterred from reporting errors out of fear of sham peer review {{fact}}. The Tampa Tribune (12/28, Gentry) reported that over 80 percent of a one-year's sample of a type of patient safety error was never reported to the state of [[Florida]], even though reporting was required by law.{{fact}}
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