Featuring a handful of inpatient beds and a narrow selection of community-tailored services, microhospitals are seeking to revolutionize care delivery in cities across the country.
As physician burnout continues to be a major issue in the healthcare industry, many hospitals are taking steps to encourage wellness among their physicians. Such programs are a worthwhile enterprise, as a single physician turnover is estimated to cost a hospital anywhere between $250,000 and $...
Handling requests for information from law enforcement can throw staff for a loop. Most staff are aware of their organization’s policies and the basic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for disclosing patient information to family members, friends, and other...
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires covered entities to protect and confidentially handle patients’ protected health information. MSPs, physicians, and their organizations must remain vigilant or risk violating HIPAA. Most organizations don’t set out to...
According to a recent report by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), 83% of surveyed healthcare professionals view physician burnout as a major issue at their respective institutions. While this number is down from 96% in 2016, the majority of the 2018 respondents believe the...
“Physicians are enormously influential people, and their attitudes and actions carry weight. Their behavior shapes the culture of the workplace environment, and that culture either engages or disengages others.”
