David Aoyama, MD, was recently fined $17,500 and ordered by the judge to write an article for the Washington State Medical Association explaining why he attempted to cover up evidence that supported a malpractice claim filed against him, according to an article published by the Seattle Post-...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 6
This week's mail brought a number of questions concerning the addition of departments to the medical staff structure. For example, one medical staff leader asked how he should respond to pediatricians' request to form a department to gain influence and increase the number of patient beds...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 5
The challenge presented to medical staff leaders by disruptive and impaired physicians is no longer a secret confined to the health care industry. Over the past several years, as the media published the results of important medical errors research and the...