A physician and former hospital president is suing Tenet Healthcare and Detroit Medical Center (DMC). Ted Schreiber, MD, claims he was forced out of his job at DMC Heart Hospital in October for reporting quality of care issues.
Schreiber alleges he raised concerns about multiple issues...
If an organization consistently relies on temporary privileges and does not fully verify practitioner credentials, it places patient safety at risk and exposes itself to a potential breach of duty.
There are several steps hospitals can take to prevent harassment. A big one is providing education and communication of what harassment is, what behaviors aren’t tolerated, how to report an allegation, and what the consequences for harassment are.
New research shows that those with MD degrees are at higher risk of burnout than those with other professional or doctoral-level degrees, including PhDs and JDs. The AMA, Mayo Clinic, and Stanford University School of Medicine have jointly conducted studies since 2011 related to burnout among...
No matter how much you’ve streamlined processes and educated colleagues, someone will probably still ask you to ignore or skip parts of the process. In these cases, MSPs need to stand their ground.
“I believe you can absolutely say, ‘No, I won’t do it. Don’t ask me to do it,’ ” says...
There are numerous skills that an MSP must possess in order to be successful, and perhaps the most important one is critical thinking. According to Faith Rhoades, MMHC, CPMSM, CPCS, FMSP, director of medical staff services for the Huntsville Hospital System in Huntsville,...
A record number of medical school students and graduates applied for residency positions this year, according to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). More than 38,000 applicants competed for 35,185 positions. The number of first-year positions also hit a new record of 32,194, almost...
