A study published in JAMA looked at burnout of U.S. physicians by specialty. Emergency medicine, general internal medicine, neurology, and family medicine had the highest rates of burnout. The specialties with the lowest rates of burnout were pathology, dermatology, general pediatrics, and...
In an effort to improve patient safety and physician wellness, the ACGME implemented duty hour reforms at accredited teaching hospitals to restrict resident duty hours in recent years. In 2003, resident work hours were capped at 80 hours per week averaged over a four-week period, and shift...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 12
The specialty of urgent care medicine occupies the space between family and emergency medicine, and urgent care physicians provide immediate care for patients with low-acuity medical concerns, such as minor fractures and cuts. Urgent care facilities may be freestanding medical clinics, clinics...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 46
In many hospitals, there are simply too few incentives, too little personal satisfaction, and not enough spare time and extra money to be made to readily induce physicians into leadership and administrative roles. To overcome these barriers to entry, the medical staff organization must have an...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 45
From 2010-2014, the unnecessary use of stents to clear blocked coronary arteries fell by 50%. Now researchers are trying to decide if the decline is due to new practice guidelines issued to cardiologists in 2009, or if it is because physicians are upcoding patients’ disease to make the stent...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 44
A survey of C-suite executives from 320 hospitals nationwide identified the top challenges facing healthcare organizations. Nearly two-thirds of respondents said managing the switch to value-based reimbursement models was a top challenge.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
Musculoskeletal oncology is the subspecialty of orthopedic surgery that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with benign and malignant tumors of bone and connective soft tissues. This includes the diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care of patients with cancers that...
For healthcare organizations, establishing appropriate processes for credentialing that protect against a potential charge of negligent credentialing may sometimes seem like the proverbial walk through a minefield. However, it can be done if they take proper precautions and avoid the temptation...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 43
Sooner or later, as a medical staff leader, you will be called upon to run a meeting. It may be in the service of directly carrying out a key responsibility delegated to the medical staff by the governing board. Or it may be that the meeting is required to meet some standard of a regulatory or...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 42
Although many physicians advise patients to stay home and rest when they are sick, most physicians would not take their own advice. According to a study by researchers of at the University of California Irvine, 96% of physicians and medical students would work if they had a cold. The findings,...
