Physician groups are hailing the recent ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court that found a hospital's medical staff has the legal standing under state law to sue and be sued, and that the medical staff bylaws constitute an enforceable contract between a hospital and members of...
This month, we continue to design an OPPE system that could be used in your facilty by looking at medical record completion as a communication performance measure. The examples offered in this series are just that--examples. They may or may not be relevant to the challenges in your organization...
Every peer review committee member must be aware of the ethical and legal issues they may face when carrying out their committee responsibilities and activities. In most states, laws protect peer review activities, but the committee and its members must still take precautions to maintain that...
Erasing the stigma of physician depression Medical experts discuss how to help future and current physicians overcome the higher rate of depression and suicide in their fieldOver 300 medical students, residents, and practicing physicians die by suicide in the U.S. every year.1 For...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
Physician assistants (PA) in the emergency department (ED) are licensed to practice under physician supervision. According to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), PAs have a number of responsibilities in the ED, including out-of-hospital patient care, patient triage, patient...
