If you’re tasked with assessing and confirming the competence of practitioners in an ambulatory setting, practitioners with a narrow and/or specialized focus, or single practitioners in a specialty, you know these practice settings present unique challenges. But help is here! Tune in August 27...
Thousands of foreign-trained immigrant physicians are living in the United States with lifesaving skills that are going unused because they stumbled over one of the many hurdles in the path toward becoming a licensed physician here.
Three pieces of legislation related to expanding allied health practitioners’ scope of practice—Senate Bill (SB) 491, SB492, and SB493—have met differing fates in California State Assembly committees. Senate Bill 491, which would allow nurse practitioners to practice without physician oversight...
Medical malpractice has been singled out by many as the top culprit for rising healthcare costs. However, medical malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians hit a record low in 2012, a Public Citizen Foundation report has found. In the report, “No Correlation: Continued Decrease in...
The Joint Commission is seeking input on proposed changes to its diagnostic imaging requirements for the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, and hospital accreditation programs. The requirements need to be enhanced to address quality- and safety-related issues associated with diagnostic...