In my travels around the country, it seems that all physicians have similar concerns and complaints when potential opportunities for improvement are identified. Peer review is, after all, performed for the purpose of helping every doctor be the best doctor he or she can be....
One year ago, CMS handed down a ruling that allowed hospitals utilizing telemedicine providers to credential physicians through a proxy, using information about the physician from the distant-site facility rather than collecting and verifying information on their own.
The medical staff model change initiative at Better Times Hospital has hit the wall. The medical staff is in an uproar over the administration's assault on their cherished structures and processes. Department chairs grouse that the rug is being pulled out from under them. The...