With the evolving roles of many of the allied health disciplines, more allied health practitioners (AHP) are being licensed as indepedent practitioners by the state. As a licensed independent practitioner (LIP), the AHP generally functions as a primary-care practitioner and by state authority...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 30
Sometimes well-intentioned medical staff leaders limit their effectiveness by confusing disruptive behavior with impairment. If an underlying impairment is the cause of disruptive behavior, our impulse is to heal it by providing a therapeutic intervention. But in many cases, the problematic...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 30
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) announced in its July 12 issue that authors must disclose all potential conflicts of interest, including specific financial interests and relationships relevant to the subject of the manuscript. Beginning in January 2007, JAMA will require...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 29
Contrary to popular perception, higher levels of uninsured, low-income, minority, and immigrant populations do not cause higher rates of emergency department (ED) use, according to an analysis of 60 American communities.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 28
An analysis of physician labor inputs across regions with an academic medical center projects a surplus of nearly 50,000 physicians by the year 2020, based on regions with the lowest number of doctors per capita. The lead author of the study argues that adding more physicians to the workforce is...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 28
Fifty percent of healthcare providers in rural Colorado and Kansas believe that palliative care at the end of life could be improved at their facility, according to the results of a survey published in the Journal of Rural Health. Differences in perceptions of palliative care among clinicians,...
