The authors state that physicians often choose higher-paying specialties to pay off the mountains of debt they have upon graduation, so making medical school free would encourage would-be doctors to attend school and to pursue primary care rather than specialties.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 23
The Prairie North Health Region in Saskatchewan was cited in a 2011 report for not having adequate credentialing and privileging processes and documentation in place for physicians practicing in hospitals.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 22
The Patient Protection Checklist bill, which requires Nevada hospitals and other medical facilities to develop state-mandated patient safety checklists, was signed into law on Wednesday.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 22
The American Medical Association has developed a manual, The Annotated Model Physician-Hospital Employment Agreement, to help physicians navigate employment agreements with hospitals.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 22
Forty-four percent of almost 1,800 emergency physicians responding to a poll by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) report that the biggest challenge to cutting costs in the emergency department is the fear of lawsuits.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 22
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
The term "accountable care organization" (ACO) has been nebulous since it first became part of the healthcare vocabulary in 2009 with the introduction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Since then, the industry has been waiting for the Centers for Medicare...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 6
Privileging physician assistants (PA) and AHPs can be a tricky ordeal because PAs are often lumped in with AHPs. In addition, with regulatory clarifications from The Joint Commission, it's even more important to closely rely on strict definitions outlined in the medical staff...
It seems physicians just can't win: If they report a hospital or another physician for quality of care issues, they risk losing their position with the hospital or getting sued by the colleague they reported; if they stay mum, they risk violating their state-mandated reporting...
