We believe that fairness and truth should be the common denominator and the final arbiters of peer review. We invite you to get involved, enjoy our fellowship, and work towards fairness and Justice. Additionally, there is no requirement that the physician be given notice and an opportunity to be heard, and there is no requirement that members of the peer review committee be unbiased. The purpose of requiring due process is to ensure that the actions taken are not arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable. Peer review in its current form fails to protect an investigated physician from committee members having an economic or personal bias.
Personal bias is inevitable when coworkers judge each other.
The same standards should apply to member of a peer review committee. The potential for abuse when these suggested procedures are not followed would indicate the need for mandatory due process. Due process, which is designed to limit these abuses, is not required by the Constitution of the United States unless there is government action that affects a liberty or property right. The sole reason for reporting the results of peer reviews is to restrict the practices of incompetent physicians. The right to practice medicine without a governmental agency erroneously reporting that a physician has been deficient in his actions is a constitutional property right.