A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.
Private equity firms have made an impact on the world of healthcare by edging into the physician practice space through an increasing number of acquisitions primarily centered on specialty areas with potential for additional income.
In 2017, 102 physician practices were purchased by...
"The expense is curiosity, and the result is a generation of physicians entering clinical training with a knowledge base derived from test-preparation material."
- "The Curious Radiologist" discusses the deterioration of medical education he has witnessed in his time...
It’s estimated that around 1,500 surgeries each year end with a retained surgical item (RSI). These patients often experience frequent infections, pain, bowel blockage, and other complications—and to add insult to injury, patients then need to be operated on again to remove the RSI.
The American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, and Manatt Health released the first set of results in a series of studies examining state responses to opioid abuse; these particular results focused on the efforts made in Pennsylvania. The results reveal that access to evidence-...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
