The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (the "Court") granted a health system's motion for summary judgment, dismissing a former employee-physician's claims that she was placed on leave and terminated in violation of the Americans with...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 47
"Training another doctor… isn't cheap—isn't cheap for the individual doing the training, isn't cheap for the institution providing the education, and ultimately isn't cheap for the health system. Because the more doctors we have, the more activity there will be."
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 46
"It doesn’t take a rocket scientist—or a malpractice attorney—to figure out that most patients who have had a bad experience are not looking for compensation or 'revenge.' They are looking for compassion and for validation."
- Ira Nash, MD, discusses...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 45
“Truly great medicine is built on relationships. It is about people. And taking good care of people means taking the time to know and care for them as persons. Regardless the effect on the bottom line, sometimes we simply need to slow down.”
The California Court of Appeals for the Second District, Division 3 (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, upheld the Superior Court of Los Angeles County's decision to strike a physician's lawsuit against a hospital and its medical staff claiming he was denied the right...
CMS' revisions present credentialing issues and decisions for hospitals reagrding the process by which therapeutic diets may be ordered. In this article we identify some of the issues that must be considered before hospitals can implement changes to their credentialing process in order to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 11
Are two peer references adequate for low- or no-volume practitioners at reappointment? What constitutes "current" competence? These are some of the many audience questions that Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, answered during the recent webcast "Verify and Comply: Meet Your Top...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 10
Deborah Sutherland, PhD, CEO of the University of South Florida Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), says physician simulation training may be the (near) future of privileging, competence assessment, and much more?both in hospitals and at the specialty board and state...
MSB editorial advisory board members Jack L. Cox, MD, MMM, senior vice president and chief quality officer at Hoag in Newport Beach, California; and William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, vice president and chief medical quality officer at Pocono Medical Center in...
With the proliferation of online review sites and message boards, it's become increasingly commonplace for patients to post their thoughts about physicians for the world to see. When a negative comment threatens to damage a physician's reputation, it's important to choose the...
