In this month’s column, we shall explore the role of the healthcare organization in burnout prevention and remediation. A starting point is to look at the culture of the medical staff. Every medical staff organization has a defining “culture”; its repository of beliefs, values, and behaviors....
A team from Renton, Washington–based Providence St. Joseph Health System is this year's CRC Symposium Case Study Competition winner. Suman Nooney, BE, andBrigitte R. Workman, BA,will present their case study...
Hospitals and medical clinics are unique given the amount of personal information stored in their databanks. Despite the many technological safeguards put into place to protect patient information from getting into the wrong hands, a mistake as trivial as password sharing could still be...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 1
Handling requests for information from law enforcement can throw staff for a loop. Most staff are aware of their organization’s policies and the basic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for disclosing patient information to family members, friends, and other...
Disruptive professional behavior—it’s an old problem that’s been receiving a lot of renewed attention. It seems as though news breaks every day about the alleged sexual misconduct of yet another prominent figure in Hollywood or Washington D.C. Sexual harassment is one specific branch in a larger...
