Although the increasing presence of technology in the healthcare industry has boosted efficiency, communication, and accessibility to research, it is important to not undermine the inherent risks involved. The frequency and severity of cyberattacks rise, as evidenced by an infiltration of Change...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 4
The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (the “Court”) found that a surgeon who was denied privileges at a hospital had alleged sufficient facts for most of her claims to deny the hospital’s motion to dismiss them.
The plaintiff, Rachel Bishop, MD, filed...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 3
MSPs and credentialing leaders have another case from which to draw lessons on how to handle late-career clinicians, namely the Scripps Clinical Medical Group settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in December.
Work-product privilege is a type of peer review protection law that prevents information associated with the peer review process from being discovered in court. This protection is based on the idea that physicians won’t candidly discuss a colleague’s shortcomings if their statements later could...
