New Mexico state police are investigating how a man who was not licensed as an emergency medical technician (EMT) managed to treat dozens of patients, including at least one state lawmaker during a legislative session, a police spokesman said last week. The man, identified as David Allen...
In the short term, hospitals may reap financial rewards by employing large numbers of physicians, wrote Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, in a recent post on the Atlantic website. Over the longer term, however, the vitality of both individual physicians and the entire profession of medicine...
Medtronic Inc. will pay the U.S. Department of Justice $9.9 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of funneling “millions of dollars in unrestricted grant money to physicians” to get them to encourage the use of Medtronic defibrillators and pacemakers in patients whose mild...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 22
Physicians who accept or are assigned leadership positions are often left on their own to develop leadership skills and educate themselves about their responsibilities as medical staff leaders. The Medical Staff Leader’s Survival Guide aims to teach physicians how to become great leaders...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 22
In spite of a physician shortage, hundreds of medical school graduates failed to secure residencies this year, according to the National Resident Match Program’s (NRMP) annual report.
