This week’s edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider features a brief about new physician shortage projections. While the shortage remains high, it is considerably lower than the previous often-cited projection. Does the revised projection...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
One of the biggest challenges facing hospital medical staffs today is obtaining sufficient information to accurately document practitioner competency. It is easy to confirm that a practitioner held medical staff appointment at a healthcare facility and whether or not he or she...
The Supreme Court of North Carolina (the "Court") affirmed a decision by the North Carolina Court of Appeals that certain documents requested by a plaintiff-patient suing a hospital for negligence were not protected from discovery by the state's peer review privilege statute.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
With myriad stakeholders and requirements that can seem contradictory, MSPs may wonder what would happen if all sides gathered in one place to work through the processes and challenges of credentialing. They might be surprised to learn that such an event happens annually.
Erasing the stigma of physician depression Medical experts discuss how to help future and current physicians overcome the higher rate of depression and suicide in their fieldOver 300 medical students, residents, and practicing physicians die by suicide in the U.S. every year.1 For...
