Requiring a simple majority (50% plus one), two-thirds, or three-quarters affirmative vote are traditional options. Some medical staffs now use a mail or electronic ballot that lists the proposed changes and states that a staff member who does not return the ballot within the required time frame...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 28
Physician alignment and incentive challenges could prove to be a major hurdle for healthcare providers who want to take part in accountable care organizations.
Richard C. Johnston, MD, an internist with Dallas-based Medical Clinic of North Texas, says hospitals will find ACOs to be a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 27
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and credentialing...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 27
Prescribing mistakes are still as prevalent in some outpatient electronic prescribing systems as manual systems, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a circuit court's decision to grant partial summary judgment to Ajdahan Bicak, MD, who was sued by Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas. When Bicak notified Mercy that he intended to open his own practice in early 2008, Mercy sued him...
In May, CMS issued final rules regarding the manner in which hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH) can privilege telemedicine providers, laying to rest a long debate.