Three out of four physicians believe that fellow practitioners prescribe an unnecessary test or procedure at least once a week, according to a survey released last week. The most frequent reasons that physicians order extraneous—and costly—medical care are fears of being sued, the desire to be...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 19
Preliminary Bureau of Economic Analysis figures show that household healthcare spending surged during the last quarter. But if healthcare spending is rising so fast, why is healthcare job growth flat? Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times Economy Hub offers some possible answers to...
If you missed our March webcast, Practicing Medicine Longer: Legal and Clinical Considerations for an Aging Physician Population, tune in to hear the entire presentation by Elizabeth “Libby” Snelson, JD, and Stephen H. Miller, MD, MPH, on May 14 from 1-2:30 p.m. ET. This is a...
Thirty-four percent of rural hospitals and 32% of urban hospitals had at least one telehealth application currently in use, and rural and urban hospitals did not differ significantly in overall telehealth implementation rates, according to a Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Policy Brief....
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has identified 17 social and behavioral areas that should be addressed in all electronic health records (EHR) of patients to improve outcomes and advance public health research efforts. The IOM compiled the list as a guide for officials who are developing...
Most hospital policies regard the autopsy as dead since the mid-1970s, when The Joint Commission lifted its requirement that hospitals perform autopsies on 20% of inpatient deaths. Even teaching hospitals have reduced the number they do for training medical students. Rare is the hospital...
The American Board of Podiatric Surgery (ABPS) will adopt the trade name American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (ABFAS) effective July 1. The new name, which was approved by The Joint Committee on the Recognition of Specialty Boards, clarifies the anatomical scope of the podiatric surgical...
In recent years, more than a third of MSP Salary Survey respondents said their highest level of education was a high school diploma. However, In the 2014 edition, that percentage dropped dramatically, to 9.1%.
Was there a rush for college degrees during the past year? Probably not....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
“We had all endured four years of medical school, and we believed that all our lectures, exams and national standardized tests had made us ready to be real physicians, or at least capable interns. But the reality was that in some cases, we were unable to carry out even the most routine duties,”...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
Physicians in Virginia mocked an unconscious colonoscopy patient, joking that he had syphilis and talking about firing a gun up his rectum, says a man whose cellphone allegedly captured audio of the entire affair. Plaintiff D.B. sued Safe Sedation LLC and Safe Sedation Management in Fairfax...
