According to 2017 statistics courtesy of the Association of American Medical Colleges, women currently represent 50.7% of the 21,000 medical school enrollees. In fact, the number of women applying to medical school has risen by more than 9% since 2015, compared to the 2.3% decline in male...
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"[B]eing a good clinician doesn’t make someone qualified to be a leader. Advertising to people that you’re a good team player doesn’t make you a good team player."
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently revoked the tax-exempt status of a general acute care hospital. Although most of the hospital’s identifiers were redacted from the IRS’s adverse determination letter, it remains evident that the hospital entered into a lease agreement with a for-profit...
Credentialing Resource Center will hold a focus group on Friday, Dec. 15, from 1-2 ET. We are looking for MSPs, physician leaders, and quality professionals to share their feedback on 2018 product development, including books, webinars, and e-learning courses. If you would like to join the focus...
File review is another area where the CVO regularly collaborates with medical staff services personnel…This team reviews verified documents against applications to clarify any discrepancies to identify red flags to be carefully scrutinized by medical staff leaders when making privileging...
If you believe half of what you read, just north of 50% of physicians nationwide, on average, are suffering from burnout. When they hear this, many medical staff leaders react by saying there is probably some burnout in their facilities, but it is not that high.
Medical staff are traditionally re-appointed every two to three years, a process which includes at least the verification of licensing, DEA status, disciplinary actions, malpractice history, and some level of peer review. Yet, the defense of a two to three year re-credentialing gap is very hard...
“Aside from the humanistic reasons, we’re also trying to make a point that organizations should invest money into preventing burnout … If they don’t do that, it can have a significant financial cost associated with it.”
An investigation published this week by USA TODAY found that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hired physicians with histories of malpractice, legal complaints, and felony convictions.
