The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently announced that legislators in nine states have formally introduced the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which would provide physicians with a streamlined process for applying for licenses in multiple states.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
“I see the experience of burnout not as something to be eradicated, shamed, attacked, or avoided, but as something to experience with full participation and curiosity.”
- Lisa Chu, MD, discusses burnout in a blog post on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
Nurse practitioners (NP) seeking to practice with no restrictions should look for work in the Pacific Northwest, upper New England, or the Rocky Mountain states, but not the South, according to an issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The brief, titled “Tapping the Potential of Nurse...
Telemedicine uses technology to connect prisoners, who are often housed in remote areas, with medical experts throughout the state. It’s one way that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is trying to control spending on prison healthcare. But while telemedicine has shown some success in...
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that a medical staff can sue its hospital board. Avera Marshall medical staff members brought the case against South Dakota-based Avera Health System over bylaws changes at the hospital in Marshall, Minnesota, and the case found its way to...
