A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian physician to death on Dec. 19, convicting them of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV/AIDS, in a re-trial ordered after a court reached the same verdict in 2004. European and American human rights and physician...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 49
Rather than providing accountability for quality, medical staff organizations (MSO) are often a hindrance to improving physician performance and patient safety, argue the authors of a perspective published December 5 by the journal Health Affairs.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 48
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations released on Dec. 4 a list of draft goals and requirements that will be considered for potential inclusion in the 2008 National Patient Safety Goals. The National Patient Safety Goals, which are updated annually, are designed to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 47
The workload of Canadian general and family practitioners (GP/FP) under age 55 has declined in the past decade while the workload of GP/FPs over age 55 has increased, relative to their same-age peers 10 years prior, according to a recent study. Changing demographics of Canadian GP/FPs, including...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 45
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) hopes to ease license portability for physicians practicing across state lines, using grants from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to improve the way medical boards share physician data, according to a report in American Medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 44
Physicians are burned out, stressed out, and they’ve just about had it with the current state of healthcare, according to new findings of the 2006 American College of Physician Executives Physician Morale Survey.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 43
The American Hospital Association (AHA), in a letter to the accrediting body on Oct. 23, expressed support for the revisions to standard MS.1.20, but requested edits to element of performance (EP) 27, and urged the JCAHO to allow hospitals two to three years to be in compliance.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 42
A California law signed Sept. 29 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger requires the Medical Board of California to make publicly available the information it collects on state-licensed physicians' race and languages spoken. Eventually, the board wants to publish the information under individual...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 41
A Massachusetts coalition launched a state-wide initiative October 11 to reduce medication errors, providing a medication list for patients and providers and promoting tips for patients and their families on wise medication use.
