As the number of practicing advanced practice professionals (APP) continues to increase, healthcare organizations need to be aware of the legal implications of utilizing them. In his role as corporate counsel at Dignity Health, in Pasadena, California, Gayland Hethcoat advises...
This week, CRC Daily covers advanced practice providers (APP). Today, we explore how APPs’ growing presence on the medical staff is helping reshape traditional compliance approaches in a fundamental practice: the medical history and physical examination (H&P).
Clinician shortages are gaining ground across the country, adding new urgency to a long-standing pursuit in the medical staff services department (MSSD): striking the ideal balance between quality and efficiency.
The Illinois Supreme Court (the "Court") recently upheld an appellate court's decision that two hospitals had to turn over a physician's staff privilege applications to the plaintiffs suing for negligent credentialing because the documents are not privileged under the Health Care Professional...
