SMF Consulting Services

High-Reliability External Review and Preparation Services

Benefit from our decades of both clinical and administrative experience to receive fair, timely and relevant review of patient care, legal matters, peer review, or quality and performance assessments

Peer Evaluations

• Unbiased

• Confidential

• Timely

• Individual Provider review

• Group or Divisional comparitives

Quality Standards and Assessments

• Best Practice

• Clinical Practice Guideline

• Practice Management Guideline

• Institution, State and National scope

• Professional organizational standard

External Case Review

• Impartial

• Comprehensive

• Single incident evaluation

• Long-term trend analysis

• Team or Provider-focused

Verification and Designation Program

• Chart audit and preparation

• Presentation coaching

• PI maintenance and filters

• Deficiency remediation

• Weakness and issue correction

Legal Opinion and Education

• Best practice and standard of care

• Document review

• Report creation

• Deposition and testimony

About

Shannon Marie Foster MD FACS draws on her years of both clinical and administrative experience to give fair, timely, and applicable review of patient care, legal matters, peer review, or quality and performance assessments.

Dr. Foster has served in many roles and leadership positions in the surgical community, achieving both local and national recognition for her clinical and administrative work, commitment, and high standards of practice and deliverables. Double Board Certification by the American Board of Surgery and broad experience in Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery) assures she remains an active thought leader well-versed in quality, performance improvement, and standards of care.

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