Although physicians and hospitals continue to push for more collaborative care with multidisciplinary teams, they have a number of hurdles to overcome before realizing the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 15
What happens when you are creating your ED call lists and one specialty requests to be able to pick their own physician in another specialty? When Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Fla., faced this exact request, it made a good-faith effort to meet it.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 4
Each year on March 30, hospitals across the country express their appreciation for their physicians by celebrating National Doctors' Day. Eudora Brown Almond of Winder, Ga., the wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, observed the first Doctors' Day in 1933 by mailing greeting cards and...
Ask any physician and he or she will likely tell you about some of the glaring flaws in the medical malpractice system that can be costly for every party involved, including hospitals, physicians, malpractice insurance providers, and patients.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 12
By holding group appointments with patients with similar medical concerns, physicians can increase availability and improve health outcomes, which should go a long way in helping to alleviate the looming physician shortage. Click the link above to read more.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 11
R. Dean White, DDS, MS, a medical staff advisor and coach, provides quality advice for medical staff professionals and leaders for becoming an effective mentor in this week’s tip.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 3
In July 2012 it was revealed that two New Mexico surgeons were involved in nearly 80 malpractice lawsuits after performing back surgeries that only one of the surgeons was qualified to perform.
