The University of California, Davis is offering a free online continuing education course to help clinicians and other healthcare providers prevent firearm injury. Training is provided by the BulletPoints Project at UC Davis, a program that teaches clinicians how to discuss the risks of firearm...
Patients are increasingly concerned about eroding security and the confidentiality of personal health information in digital form, according to a survey recently authorized by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Orthopedic surgeons and interventional cardiologists have the highest starting salaries offered to recruits, according to a new Merritt Hawkins report. On average, orthopedic surgeons earn $565,000 and interventional cardiologists earn $527,000.
If you want to help a physician perform successfully in a medical staff leadership role, you must develop a written job description for that role. This is a basic function of establishing and communicating clear expectations.
With suicide rates among physicians far outpacing those in other professions, researchers at UC San Diego Health attempted to better understand the job stressors that contribute to the problem. To do this, they reviewed the death investigation narratives from 200 physician suicides collected by...
Medical staff and hospital leaders often find it difficult to track and trend behavior problems because medical staff members are reluctant to report improper conduct for fear of retribution. To encourage reporting, reporting systems must respect and protect staff members who disclose other...