Most hospital policies regard the autopsy as dead since the mid-1970s, when The Joint Commission lifted its requirement that hospitals perform autopsies on 20% of inpatient deaths. Even teaching hospitals have reduced the number they do for training medical students. Rare is the hospital...
In recent years, more than a third of MSP Salary Survey respondents said their highest level of education was a high school diploma. However, In the 2014 edition, that percentage dropped dramatically, to 9.1%.
Was there a rush for college degrees during the past year? Probably not....
Thirty-four percent of rural hospitals and 32% of urban hospitals had at least one telehealth application currently in use, and rural and urban hospitals did not differ significantly in overall telehealth implementation rates, according to a Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Policy Brief....
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has identified 17 social and behavioral areas that should be addressed in all electronic health records (EHR) of patients to improve outcomes and advance public health research efforts. The IOM compiled the list as a guide for officials who are developing...
If you missed our March webcast, Practicing Medicine Longer: Legal and Clinical Considerations for an Aging Physician Population, tune in to hear the entire presentation by Elizabeth “Libby” Snelson, JD, and Stephen H. Miller, MD, MPH, on May 14 from 1-2:30 p.m. ET. This is a...
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...
