The way an organization handles conflict is often determined by its culture. A good starting point is to be consciously aware of your organization's primary approach to conflict.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 48
CPEP, The Center for Personalized Education for Physicians, has received a $200,000 grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to help primary care and mental health clinicians who have been out of clinical practice for an extended time resume clinical practice in underserved/rural areas. The 18-...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 47
Physicians who work in outpatient settings are at just as much risk for burnout as their inpatient counterparts, a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine has found. Researchers at the Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic reviewed 54 burnout studies from around the world, which...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 46
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week aims to improve access to telehealth services for active-duty military, retired veterans, and their dependents by expanding reimbursement to providers. HR 3507—which initially was co-sponsored by California Democratic Reps....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
People trying to sign up for health insurance aren’t the only ones confused by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Physicians say they don’t know what to expect, due to the problems with the federal and state websites. Like many American physicians, Brigit Britton, MD, expects to see a rush of new...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 43
The Medical Board of California is asking physicians who need to renew their medical licenses during October and November to do so early due to a planned disruption. According to the medical board, the Department of Consumer Affairs is currently transitioning to a new online licensing and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 42
A resident-led quality improvement incentive program significantly reduced unnecessary laboratory tests at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. In one year of study, neurosurgical trainees found a 47% reduction in testing, which led to a savings of $1.7 million in billable...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 41
A state investigation has determined that two nurses at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., failed to provide proper care for a patient who arrived complaining of back pain and subsequently died in the emergency room. The patient was found dead by a non-clinical staff member...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 39
Millions of Americans visited new online health insurance exchanges as enrollment opened on Tuesday, suggesting a broad national appetite for the affordable coverage touted under the Affordable Care Act of 2010. But many people quickly encountered technological problems that prevented them from...
Medical staff offices (MSO) are an intense hub of activity, and if the MSO is incorporated into a hospital's medical affairs office, the hub of activity increases exponentially. How the medical affairs department views the MSO's departmental position in the organization can be as positively...
