“[O]nly when doctors and patients alike recognize that more is not always better, and how excessive care can create additional problems, will we consistently avoid treatments of borderline value.”
- Robert Pearl, MD, discusses cutting unnecessary care in a post for...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 27
“Conservative estimates suggest that 30% of all healthcare spending nationwide—roughly $600 billion annually—could be eliminated without any decrease in healthcare quality. This research is important, because it suggests that fractured patient care is related to this massive amount of overuse...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 26
“Balance is an ever-changing ideal that I set my sights on, but know that I will never permanently reach. It helps me reflect on what I want in the moment and figure out where to spend my energy. I can’t be everywhere, but I can make the most of every situation.”
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (the "Court") ordered a hospital to comply with a subpoena served by the U.S. government to produce documents relevant to an ongoing federal investigation.
In its decision, the Court followed the predominant view of federal...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 7
When it comes to titles, there was some common ground among survey respondents across salary levels and medical staff office size. Overall, the most named titles for respondents in the 2015 MSP Salary Survey were:
“Our goal from the get-go has been to turn people on to primary care, and to turn the ship in the other direction… Takes a long time to turn a ship, though.”
- Michael Rosenblum, MD, discusses the shrinking number of primary care physicians in a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
The popularity and growth of retail medical clinics and pharmacies continue to increase. And now CVS will brings its popular MinuteClinics into the popular retailer Target. The two companies announced earlier this week that CVS would acquire Target’s pharmacy and clinic business for about $1.9...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 23
“If you like MOC, no doubt you should continue completing it. But, shouldn’t practicing physicians who don’t believe it benefits them have the right to opt out?”
- Victoria Dooley, MD, discusses challenging Maintenance of Certification in a blog post on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 22
“The sorrow hung like a millstone around my neck, but I laid it aside to care for the others because that's what you do as a physician. Yet, when I was alone, the sense of hopelessness was becoming insufferable.”
- James W. Lynch, MD, shares his struggles with depression...
