The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a hospital is not precluded from making claims of immunity and reversed a trial court's decision that awarded a physician punitive damages following the suspension of the physician's medical staff privileges.
A white paper from the AHA's Physician Leadership Forum identifies communication and systems-based practice as the two weakest core competencies for physicians. Surprise? Not really.
Having personal conversations in the hallways and making fun of other physicians to colleagues were among the most common unprofessional behaviors identified by hospitalists in a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine in May. The 77 participating hospitalists...
In the past few years there has been a clear transition within the healthcare landscape. Regulatory and accreditation organizations are placing much more focus on quality and patient safety. The recent ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable...
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed a §1983 civil rights claim brought by a U.S. Army physician resulting from an allegedly inappropriate report of a medical malpractice claim to the NPDB.
Given that today's culture is fully immersed in technology, it is easy to assume that any information you might need can be found with a few clicks. Occasionally, however, a few clicks can turn into an hours-long search-and in the world of medical staff services, it seems this...
