The American Osteopathic Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology is testing the use of short online exams as a replacement to its written recertification exam.
Under the pilot program, diplomates will answer eight questions each week through an online portal. Each week of the pilot simulates...
Developed and implemented by Boston Medical Center, a new EHR-based tool screens patients for unmet social needs, also referred to as social detriments of health. The screener, called Thrive, asks patients questions regarding the following social detriments of health factors: homelessness and...
In many organizations, the board’s decision to approve or deny privileges marks the end of the new provider credentialing process for the MSP. However, this endpoint is changing as many hospitals integrate their medical staff services and provider enrollment functions into one department, says...
Bias is a common stumbling block to effective peer review. Bias can take a well-meaning committee that is truly focused on improvement and make it appear as if it is practicing sham peer review. At St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado the professional review committee is a...
Because residency training slots funded by Medicare have remained capped since 1996, many healthcare facilities are either forced to turn away residents or pay for their training out of pocket. According to Tim Johnson, senior vice president and executive director of the Center for GME Policy...
Per most states’ hospital licensure requirements, medical staff membership and clinical privileges are granted through processes outlined by the hospital’s medical staff bylaws. Those bylaws define the requirements for staff membership and delineation of clinical privileges. They also provide...
At the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the burnout rate in the internal medicine division is approximately 13%, which is significantly lower than the burnout rate in other University of Alabama divisions. Researchers believe this may be a direct result of increased autonomy and...
For better or worse, the number of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems is skyrocketing. Depending on the culture of your organization, employed physicians may be welcomed as a valuable asset consisting of capable individuals able to help the medical staff carry out its board-...
