“I am a ‘collaborating physician,’ and I support the effort to remove the requirement for a collaborative agreement for nurse practitioners to practice in New York,” wrote Devin Coppola, MD, in a letter to the editor that appeared online last week on the Syracuse Post-...
During the next two weeks, HCPro will offer tools that can help you meet a couple of current and future medical staff challenges. First, plan on tuning into Practicing Medicine Longer: Legal and Clinical Considerations for an Aging Physician Population on Tuesday, March 11, from 1:00 to 2...
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) have agreed to a single accreditation system for graduate medical education (GME) programs in the U.S. The single...
The Joint Commission is seeking input on proposed requirements addressing the qualifications and competency for radiologists who provide diagnostic computed technology (CT) services in the ambulatory care, hospital, and critical access hospital programs. Under MS.06.01.03, EP 10, hospitals...
Many medical staffs are not prepared for an aging physician population, but help is on the way! Join us for Practicing Medicine Longer: Legal and Clinical Considerations for an Aging Physician Population, a webcast to be held Tuesday, March 11, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m....
Physicians at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. performed “medically unnecessary and harmful” heart procedures on more than 500 people, two lawsuits filed Tuesday claim. The lawsuits, filed in state court, alleged that physicians at the medical center misrepresented the severity of...