The American Medical Students Association (AMSA) and the watchdog group Public Citizen are speaking out against two trials which are meant to study the effects of resident duty hour restrictions. The iCOMPARE and FIRST studies are trying to determine if rates of death and serious complications...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 47
A study published in JAMA looked at burnout of U.S. physicians by specialty. Emergency medicine, general internal medicine, neurology, and family medicine had the highest rates of burnout. The specialties with the lowest rates of burnout were pathology, dermatology, general pediatrics, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 47
Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts will pay $850,000 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights to settle a HIPAA violation. The hospital also agreed to adopt a robust corrective action plan to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program.
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 47
“In our experience, the only sustainable way to help physicians achieve their potential in serving their patients is to engage them as partners in practice and enterprise success. Likewise, physician engagement is the only way to hold physicians, other providers, and staff accountable for...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 47
Effective FPPE programs start with basic understanding of the difference between proctors and preceptors, as outlined in Proctoring, FPPE, and Practitioner Competency Assessment: A Clinical Leader's Guide, by Todd Sagin, MD, JD.
