The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (the "Court") recently ruled that Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas (the "Hospital") did not violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act's (EMTALA) examination, screening, and stabilization requirements during its...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
Clinician shortages are gaining ground across the country, adding new urgency to a long-standing pursuit in the medical staff services department (MSSD): striking the ideal balance between quality and efficiency.
Collaboration within and beyond the hospital is key to a robust OPPE process. MaineGeneral Medical Center, part of MaineGeneral Health system in the Augusta area, has taken this philosophy to heart. The hospital initiated OPPE and FPPE in 2009, but had a similar physician quality assessment...
It’s all about process. It should go without saying that no practitioner should be allowed to provide patient care until he or she has successfully satisfied the requirements of a stringent qualification, or disqualification, process. Begin by collecting the appropriate information (i.e., formal...
When developing an aging physician policy, consider a fitness to work evaluation in which physicians must undergo a physical and mental examination once they reach a certain age (as defined in your policy). Today's free resource is a sample screening tool that the physician conducting the...
