For many physicians, their first experience with the state medical board is filling out paperwork, popping it in the mail, and waiting patiently for their licenses to be delivered in return. If a physician has a second experience with the medical board, it is usually for a...
A Louisiana Court of Appeals affirmed and amended a trial court's decision that an Alexandria, La., hospital failed to comply with its own bylaws in suspending a cardiovascular surgeon and performed its peer review process with malice.
A white paper from the AHA's Physician Leadership Forum identifies communication and systems-based practice as the two weakest core competencies for physicians. Surprise? Not really.
Having personal conversations in the hallways and making fun of other physicians to colleagues were among the most common unprofessional behaviors identified by hospitalists in a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine in May. The 77 participating hospitalists...
A white paper from the AHA's Physician Leadership Forum identifies communication and systems-based practice as the two weakest core competencies for physicians. Surprise? Not really.
In the past few years there has been a clear transition within the healthcare landscape. Regulatory and accreditation organizations are placing much more focus on quality and patient safety. The recent ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable...
