“We had all endured four years of medical school, and we believed that all our lectures, exams and national standardized tests had made us ready to be real physicians, or at least capable interns. But the reality was that in some cases, we were unable to carry out even the most routine duties,”...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
The vast majority of physicians aren't troublemakers, but bad behavior clearly isn't an isolated problem. There have been cases of physicians throwing objects in the operating room, yelling and hitting patients, and sexual abuse, the Association of Health Care Journalists reported recently—yet...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 178
If you missed our March webcast, Practicing Medicine Longer: Legal and Clinical Considerations for an Aging Physician Population, plan to tune in and hear the presentation by Elizabeth “Libby” Snelson, JD, and Stephen H. Miller, MD, MPH, on May 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Snelson and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
Physicians in Virginia mocked an unconscious colonoscopy patient, joking that he had syphilis and talking about firing a gun up his rectum, says a man whose cellphone allegedly captured audio of the entire affair. Plaintiff D.B. sued Safe Sedation LLC and Safe Sedation Management in Fairfax...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
HCPro’s Physician Profile Reporter is a customized software program that compiles all sources of physician performance data into one database, enabling MSPs to generate reliable performance reports that can be easily distributed to each medical staff member—without busting the budget.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
Cardiologist Robert Graor lost his Ohio license to practice medicine in 1995 and was sentenced to three years in jail, after being convicted of embezzling more than $1 million. He regained his license following his release, but then lost it a second time in 2003.
