A KPMG survey shows that 47% of healthcare payers and providers experienced security-related violations or cyber-attacks that compromised data in 2017, yet 87% rated their readiness to defend at four or better on a five-point scale.
Payers and providers must be in denial. That’s the only...
Although not a new issue, with changes in lifestyle and practice, increased burnout, and staying in practice at later ages, physicians no longer want to spend one in three nights in the hospital. Medical Staff Briefing talked to medical staff experts to get solutions to...
The transition from medical school to residency is an aspect of physician training that has historically been overlooked in terms of research and modernization, according to Christopher J. Richards, MD, fellow in clinical instruction at Harvard Medical School in Boston. In...
Aligning or integrating quality and medical staff services functions can promote earlier detection of systemic shortcomings that affect a hospital’s reputation, accreditation standing, and bottom line. Despite these perks, organizational leadership may be reticent to change up existing...
