About a year ago, I ran into a well-known physician quality leader at a national meeting. As we discussed various aspects of physician performance evaluation, he made a somewhat broad statement that sounded reasonable but felt unsettling. His view was that, since healthcare quality was really...
Daily news reports highlight the growing need for increased medical care of the Baby Boomer generation. Within your medical staff community though, the discussion is probably not focused on the Baby Boomers as patients, but rather as the ones providing the care.
There's still time to be a part of our annual MSP Salary Survey by visiting www.surveymonkey.com/r/2016MSPsalary to help us measure the compensation rates, professional duties, and other workplace trends that shape medical staff...
As the number of practicing advanced practice professionals (APP) continues to increase, healthcare organizations need to be aware of the legal implications of utilizing them. In his role as corporate counsel at Dignity Health, in Pasadena, California, Gayland Hethcoat advises...
"When I talk about PSOs what seems to resonate are the peer review protections. And what I say is, look, this is not a mafia regime coming to the neighborhood to offer you protection," says Matthew Womble, executive director, Emergency Medical Error Reduction Group, a PSO based...
