This article was orginally published in November 2018 and discusses the different signs of burnout, depression, and risk of suicide. As many healthcare workers begin to feel the burden of caring for patients on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, this article serves to point out how to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 5
One of the most challenging problems faced by physician leaders is addressing the unprofessional behavior of a colleague. Why is it that the most skilled, the highest producer, the best and brightest, the only physician in that specialty, has behavioral issues? The answer is simple—because it is...
Already an at-risk group, doctors are at increased risk of suicide during the coronavirus pandemic, a physician suicide researcher says. Physicians and other frontline healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are under physical and psychological...
Practicing social distancing is a must in the era of COVID-19 but so is education. That’s why we’re offering the Credentialing Resource Center Virtual Event. Attendees of this one-of-a-kind event will have the opportunity to listen live to the programs during the virtual event from June 2-4,...
If organizations merely address legalities in their contracts with physicians and fail to define expectations, they almost guarantee that the physician employment contract is only worth the paper that it is written on. In the contract, the employer must reinforce the behaviors it expects of...
Across the country, organizations and their staffs are uniting in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, and the virus has had an unprecedented effect on the healthcare industry.