Private Hospitals' Monitoring and Assessment of Doctors' Deviant Behaviours in England

• In Event: EUROC 12 White-Collar and Corporate Crimes in Context II

Abstract

This presentation delves into the monitoring system employed by private hospitals to detect behavioral and clinical deviances among doctors, alongside assessing such deviations. The research makes a significant contribution by highlighting deficiencies in these systems and endeavors to propose improvements. Despite the potentially detrimental impact of these behaviors on patients' health and public trust in the medical profession and private healthcare sector, they often receive inadequate attention from the media and hospitals.
The study was conducted through 19 semi-structured interviews with board members, hospital administrators, and medical directors responsible for enforcing rules, observing doctors, and assessing actions in the private healthcare sector. When scrutinizing the distribution of participants, it is discernible that they represent a cohort originating from eight distinct hospital groups operating throughout England.
The findings of this study underscore the challenges associated with detecting behavioral deviation within hospitals' quantitative data-driven monitoring systems. Moreover, assessing such deviance is shown to be influenced by various factors, ranging from patient-centered orientation to the hospital's profit motives.
In summary, this research emphasizes the importance of enhancing monitoring and assessment systems to effectively address deviant behaviors among doctors in private hospitals, ultimately contributing to improved patient care and public trust in the healthcare sector.

Author

• esin damar, University of Essex