“I see the experience of burnout not as something to be eradicated, shamed, attacked, or avoided, but as something to experience with full participation and curiosity.”
- Lisa Chu, MD, discusses burnout in a blog post on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 4
A teenager was caught posing as a physician for a month in the St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to police in that city. Police received a call on January 13 about a juvenile who was in the hospital and telling people he was a physician; a security guard...
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that a medical staff can sue its hospital board. Avera Marshall medical staff members brought the case against South Dakota-based Avera Health System over bylaws changes at the hospital in Marshall, Minnesota, and the case found its way to...
This week’s featured news items cover medical staff bylaws, employed physicians, hospital-owned clinics, and nurse practitioners—and also highlight some of the shifts and rifts happening nationwide. Is your hospital dealing with employed physicians in hospital-owned practices? If so, does...
The practice of medicine is changing, and it is being felt acutely on the New Hampshire Seacoast—nearly 90% of practicing physicians are managed under medical groups such as Appledore Medical Group, Core Physicians in Exeter, and Wentworth Health Partners in Dover. Physicians in medical...
