A majority of medical professionals surveyed have accessed an EMR system using a password improperly supplied by a fellow clinician, finds a new study published in Healthcare Informatics Research.
“It is time for health care professionals to step up to the plate and realize our attitudes and our tones have consequences. Every patient in our presence sees the non-verbal cues we give, whether it’s meant to be towards them or the annoying nurse manager."
Swedish Health of Seattle is challenging an arbitrator’s decision to award $17.5 million to a neurosurgeon fired last year. David Newell, MD, argued that his dismissal was in retaliation for reporting concerns about another top surgeon.
Practitioner onboarding means different things to different people, depending on which department of the healthcare organization they work in. It can be hard to take a step back and look at the overall picture of provider onboarding when you are focused on your piece and meeting your own...
We struggle to obtain sufficient peer review data on advanced practice professionals (APP) who bill under their collaborating or supervising physician and do not keep personal logs. What can we do to assess their competence?
In dual-physician couples, women with children worked fewer hours than women without children but similar differences in hours worked were not seen among men. That’s according to a new ...
"Already I am being told by Mayo Clinic administration to cut physicians and physician services in the anesthesia department in Albert Lea. This will adversely affect emergency surgeries, labor analgesia services, and newborn resuscitation efforts in Albert Lea."
