“While computers are great at sorting through data quickly and efficiently, humans aren't. In fact, ‘more’ often clogs our ability to discern and decide,” wrote David M. Denton, MD, a board-certified pediatrician, in InformationWeek. “At present, humans are still required to use the data...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 14
Physician stress has always been a fact of life, but anecdotal reports and studies suggest a significant increase in the level of discontent—especially among primary care physicians (PCP) who serve at the frontlines of medicine and play a critical role in coordinating patient care.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 14
Among ambulatory care facilities, The Joint Commission standard that states an organization grants initial, renewed, or revised clinical privileges to those who are permitted to practice independently topped the list of five requirements that were most frequently identified as “not compliant” in...
A recent Pennsylvania court decision has shed new light on how the court system looks at employee contracts between a physician and a hospital, with additional intriguing considerations regarding the role an NPDB report plays in a physician's termination.
Requirements for licenses to practice medicine differ from state to state, and even when information is available across state lines, license portability can be administratively burdensome. The Federation of State Medical Boards' (FSMB) Interstate Medical Licensure Compact...
The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a lower court's decision that a neurosurgeon did not satisfy the burden to show that a hospital's failure to place another neurosurgeon on his peer review panel was...
