A Colorado court of appeals affirmed a trial court's decision that the "captain of the ship" vicarious liability doctrine does not apply in an emergency room setting and a physician is not vicariously liable for negligent acts committed in the emergency room by nonhospital...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 14
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division granted summary judgment to Loyola University Medical Center and Suneel Nagda, MD, in a defamation claim brought by Alexander Chi, MD. Chi worked as a medical resident in the radiation...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 4
Editor's note: The following excerpt is adapted from Core Privileges for AHPs: Develop and Implement Criteria-Based Privileging for Nonphysician Practitioners, Second Edition, by Sally J. Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS. To order or for more information, visit...
As multiple mid-level practitioners crowd around the operating room table, one profession stands out amid these often confusing and blurred roles: the registered nurse first assistant, otherwise known as the RNFA. An RNFA is an experienced perioperative (operating room) nurse who has completed...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 12
Premier Healthcare Alliance's data- and practice-sharing project, Quest, has saved 92,000 lives and $9.1 billion since 2007 through significant reductions in cost, mortality, and infections, the group says. Click on the link above to read more.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 11
Any healthcare job losses that do come as a result of sequestration will be "disproportionately low" in relation to other industry sectors says one economist. Click the link above to read more.
Physician employment has been a growing trend for years, yet physicians, hospitals, and health systems alike are still ironing out wrinkles in employment agreements.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 3
The Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District, affirmed a decision by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to indefinitely suspend a psychiatrist's medical license after he engaged in unprofessional conduct by using "secret methods" and...
