Telepsychiatry is much more accepted now than it was a few years ago, according to Jack Cahalane, PhD, MPH, chief of the general adult service line and director of telepsychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)...
Got telemedicine practitioners on the brain? You're not alone. From their increasing role in the hospital setting to the evolution of accreditation standards, there are many reasons why medical staffs are talking about telemedicine these days.
Concurrent or overlapping surgery is not new; however, there are relatively few regulations or policy statements from regulatory agencies or professional bodies that specifically address this issue, other than those from CMS concerning reimbursement. Because of this lack of guidance, healthcare...
The rise of locum tenens practitioners presents a variety of challenges: How many of a locum tenens' myriad past assignments should be verified? How can the process be streamlined, or at least be made less stressful?
This series was designed to offer a guide to medical staff leaders, MSPs, and anyone else in an organization that is dealing with the fundamental shift in the relationship between medical staff and health system as the latter increasingly becomes the employer of choice for many physicians.
