A University of Colorado-Denver student gained unauthorized access to Denver Health Medical Center by posing as a medical student and interacted with at least one patient. The hospital has suspended all student and learner badge access while it is re-verifies all student credentials.
“Medicine has become so complex that it is easy for physicians to become overly burdened with extra clinical and non-clinical work outside of the hospital/clinic resulting in a vicious cycle of losing their non-medical identity.”
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 4
The Kentucky Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a circuit court’s judgment that peer review documents, produced by Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital (SMEH) in Louisville, were not admissible at trial in a negligence case brought by the estate of a former patient.
Ambulatory surgery centers have increased in number dramatically over the past two decades. Many are physician owned, some are jointly developed and owned by hospitals and physicians, and some are opened by hospitals as either on-license facilities or off-license facilities. Currently, hospitals...
NPs and PAs' scope of practice is determined by education and experience, much like physicians. That scope is further defined by state law, hospital credentialing, and collaborating or supervising physician agreements. Where nurse practitioners (NP) are not permitted by state law to practice...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 4
The United States could face a shortage of 40,800–104,900 physicians by 2030, according to a March study from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
