Welcome to the home page for the Patient Quality Care Project
The Patient Quality Care Project (PQCP) works to improve the quality of medical care in the United States by bringing together coalitions of doctors, lawyers, patients, other medically related workers and citizens.
The PQCP offers help to physicians fighting against sham peer review, and to others who are fighting against retaliation subsequent to blowing the whistle on waste, fraud or abuse of authority in medically related areas. Read more...
State Legislators, Trustees and CEOs need up-to-date information in order to regulate Medical Boards, and for corporate officers, to avoid lawsuits against themselves (and their institutions) and to guide their institutions to improved quality of care. Studies show that 80% of fraud cases in the United States involve healthcare. Read more...
PQCP has links to sites with relevant information on dangers and deficiencies in quality of patient care, the lack of any official response or oversight, and alternative strategies that could improve patient care. Read more...
Current laws regulating patient safety and quality of care (in the hands of JCAHCO and CMS) have no teeth. Reports of serious dangers and deficiencies are ignored, according to the GAO. PQCP is lobbying to change current law to promote safety and quality care for patients, as well as effective responses to identified dangers and deficient care. Read more...
The PQCP can provide news about sham reviews, whistle blowers and current cases, plus contacts with experts. Read more...
The PQCP offers advice and effective strategies to lawyers currently helping physicians who had a sham peer review or whistle-blowers with retaliation. Read more...
PQCP has links to a large series of articles and presentations on the history of dangers and deficiencies in health care, and the pervasive lack of corrective action by government. Read more...
