Medical science is advancing with startling speed, and with that evolution comes rapid change in both clinical technology and technique. Patients can benefit vastly from such advances, but only if the practitioner utilizing them is competent. In general, patient safety is at greater risk when a...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 11
In a recent case, a patient sued a hospital after requesting her medical records and it refused to provide her a virtual audit trail from its medical record software system. As a result, the Supreme Court of Wyoming (the “Court”) determined that metadata, such as an audit trail, was considered “...
Although external peer review is seldom required in most organizations, it is nonetheless important to have a policy in place should the need arise. In many hospitals, the service line or department chair, medical staff quality committee (MSQC), or another designated group will make...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 10
Discrimination claims are not to be taken lightly in the medical field, or any field for that matter. They require sufficient evidence and investigation, and in a recent case, an otolaryngologist had his discrimination claims dismissed by the District Court of the Western District of New York (...
