Hospitals must report adverse actions taken against the privileges of a physician or dentist to the National Practitioner Data Bank. They may choose to report actions against the privileges of other healthcare providers, but reporting is not required.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently repealed a state law that aimed to restrict physicians from providing patients with misinformation about COVID-19 following months of legal challenges.
Whatever the reason, a large number of physicians who have low or no volume of clinical care will nevertheless want to reapply for membership and privileges. They may not meet your criteria for current competency for that set of privileges, and therein lies the conundrum: How can an organization...
A Massachusetts man has been charged with unauthorized practice of medicine and unauthorized practice of dentistry after running a dentist office out of a convenience store.
It is common to say, “Let’s train someone by having them do something they have never done before so they get experience.” I guess we come from this background of “see one, do one, teach one,” so if we jump and throw them in, they will learn that way.
Only 31% of physicians believe their workplace culture prioritizes their well-being, according to a recent survey by the Physician Foundation. This represents a 5% decline from a year ago.