The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division (the “Court”) dismissed most of a claim but allowed a small part to proceed to discovery, finding that a hospital committee’s reversal of a decision to renew a practitioner’s medical privileges could...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 7
Some states, such as Maryland, have implemented mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs to help address the opioid crisis. Such programs require both prescribers and pharmacists to not only report when controlled substances are prescribed/dispensed, but also query the database and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 6
Credentialing Resource Center Journal sat down with La Kisha Rosario, medical staff director at St. Mary’s General Hospital in Passaic, New Jersey, to find out how she has used technology to make a more efficient and effective medical staff services department...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 5
The Supreme Court of Utah (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s decision that there is no exception to the non-discoverability of privileged peer review documents for information that is provided in bad faith. An exception applies only in terms of liability; that is, a person who provides...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 3
A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
The Michigan Court of Appeals (the “Court”) upheld a trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of a hospital, finding that privileged peer review documents are not discoverable even to the physician they concern.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 10
Considering how hard we work on a daily basis—between our jobs and taking care of our families and friends—it is always important to remember to take care of ourselves. However, we can get caught up in the day-to-day and forget to do this. After a long time of neglecting self-care, we learn many...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 9