it demonstrates that for those reported to medical boards, the peer review process disciplines those with less training or the inability to qualify for or pass certification requirements.
Rationale for Professional Regulation
From a public policy perspective, the rationale for professional regulation of medicine is patient protection [1]. Patients generally lack the knowledge, skills, or judgment to diagnose or treat disease and, thus, have strong incentives to rely on caregivers with specialized expertise
The UMKC Pathology Department permitted a prolonged ishemic time from January to June 2011 and this occured in spite of being informed about the unsafe care.
1. We always have an ischemic time of less than 30 minutes.
2. The Pathology Department "often[sic]" documents the ischemic time.