A surgical team in Argentina—comprised of a surgeon, an anesthesiologist, two surgical assistants, and a surgical nurse—has been suspended after taking photos mid-surgery and later posting them online. Photos posted on Lorena Olguin’s social media account show the team posing for pictures in...
"I was surprised that the measure changes were not huge. The measures that have been proposed for removal are not that highly used—we were expecting some of them to go away."
- Ida Mantashi, chair of the Electronic Health Record Association's Quality Measurement Workgroup, discusses CMS' ...
The third largest health system in the United States, Providence St. Joseph Health System struggled with an issue common among health systems: how to bring together disparate data and develop one source of truth for provider data.
“The two big issues relevant to providers were how do we...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 7
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the “Court”) denied a hospital’s motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s claim, finding that a delay in performing a medical screening may violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
As a medical staff leader, you most likely had to deal with situations that required new nonclinical skills. This may have included conflict management, leading change/performance improvement initiatives, or learning more about your personality style and finding more effective ways to...
