Medical staff leaders often step into their new role with a desire to help improve processes at their organization but without training to do so. Expecting medical staff leaders to learn as they go is a mistake, according to most physician leader experts.
The Appellate Court of Illinois for the First District (the “Court”) affirmed a circuit court’s judgment that documents produced by Loyola University Medical Center’s Medical Care Evaluation and Analysis Committee (MCEAC), which conducts peer reviews of hospital deaths to reduce morbidity and...
“There is a running joke that physicians spend years of grueling and intense medical training to end up clicking their mouse or signing piles of paperwork rather than seeing and caring for patients.”
About one-half of physicians reported feeling burned out, according to a recent Medscape survey. The survey found some variation in burnout rates based on physicians’ race and ethnicity. With...
