Developing and implementing a criteria-based core privileging system is challenging and requires considerable effort, but the result will greatly benefit the organized medical staff and the healthcare organization.
If the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) proposed interstate medical licensure compact were approved by state legislators and incorporated into the laws of most states, it could catalyze many substantial changes in medical practice, wrote Robert Steinbrook, MD, in an online Viewpoint in...
"The boom in osteopathy is striking. In 1980, there were just 14 schools across the country and 4,940 students. Now there are 30 schools, including state universities in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, and Michigan, offering instruction at 40 locations to more than 23,000...
Although telemedicine has the potential to make access to care simpler and easier, healthcare experts and telemedicine advocates still have concerns that regulatory obstacles are preventing the industry from reaching its full potential, while raising legal questions for both hospitals and...
One size doesn't fit all when it comes to physician reentry, and that's the way it should be, according to Nielufar Varjavand, MD, associate professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine and program director of the Drexel Physician refresher/reentry course at Drexel...
