Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings last month raise the bar for medical staff employees who claim workplace discrimination and retaliation, amednews.com reported. Legal analysts said the decisions protect physician employers from overly broad and frivolous discrimination suits by staff members, but...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 27
When hospitals began acquiring physician practices, many believed that integrating physicians under one roof would reduce costs by increasing efficiency and streamlining patient care. But the move toward physician integration may be actually driving up costs, at least initially, according to an...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 27
Is the iPad a game-changer for radiology residents’ workflows? A study published in the latest Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests not.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 27
Quality experts, including the CEO of the National Quality Forum and a former CMS administrator, cautioned Senate Finance Committee members earlier this week that healthcare quality measures must be better coordinated to be effective.
The Court of Appeals of Iowa (the “Court”) reversed a lower court’s decision and ordered the Iowa Board of Medicine (the “Board”) to dismiss a disciplinary action against a physician stemming from incidents involving alcohol dependency.
There's an old saying in healthcare that no matter how great your process or policy is, if it's not documented, you didn't really do it. So often, it's the documentation of the policy-not the policy itself-that can cause the most stress, and this frequently comes into play when...
