Establish an incident response team to handle decisions about high-risk pregnancy cases that may present dilemmas in your hospital’s emergency department (ED) as states continue to pass more restrictive abortion laws. If your facility already has such a team, make sure each member understands...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 7
The Massachusetts Appeals Court (the “Court”) upheld a ruling in favor of a hospital against a physician whom it reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
The plaintiff in the case, Bharanidharan Padmanabhan, MD, brought several claims...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 6
Although this option exists in most email programs, let’s face it—once something is sent electronically, you cannot physically take it back. You are at the mercy of the recipient, hoping they will respect your wishes and delete the email...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 6
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (the “Court”) granted a community health center’s motion for summary judgment against a physician’s claims of racial discrimination and retaliation, finding it had legitimate reasons for terminating his employment contract.
