I learned in school that it helps to have someone check my work before I submit embarrassing spelling errors about “Bare Activity in the Forest” to my biology teacher. The beauty of asking a peer to review my work was not just for validation that my writing was understandable, but it also prevented me from submitting obvious errors.

In college, I learned that peer review is a method of verifying data and ensuring that research studies meet the standards of the profession. In a lot of ways, hospital surveys are like a peer review for our quality and safety programs: Hospitals pay organizations like The Joint Commission (TJC)[1] and Det Norske Veritas (DNV)[2] to visit their facility and conduct a live audit, or “survey,” of patient quality and safety.

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