Overreacting to a letter of complaint from a member of your medical staff may simply exacerbate a situation. Consider the following: A frustrated medical staff member writes a long letter to the chief of staff demanding that the medical staff bylaws be amended to eliminate the malpractice...
A New Jersey physician faces four-to-nine years in prison after pleading guilty this week to second-degree manslaughter in the fentanyl-related overdose death of a patient.
Under a plea deal reached with ...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 8
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Appellate District of California (the “Court”) upheld a trial court’s denial of Riverside County’s (the “County”) special motion to strike the Respondents’ pleading, finding that the activity in question was not considered protected speech, and...
One very common clause in a physician employment agreement is “co-terminus” language, which addresses whether clinical privileges are tied to the employment contract. If they are, then physicians automatically lose their clinical privileges if the employment contract is terminated. This...
A new survey revealed that the number of physicians who self-report telemedicine as a skill has increased by approximately 20% per year from 2015 to 2018. This increase is in line with current growth in telemedicine use; the number of patient telehealth visits has increased annually by 261%...
