As telehealth expands and technology improves, there are an increasing number of options for communication between healthcare providers and...Read More »
Plus, hospital employees fired for accessing actor’s medical records, senators ask for old privacy regulation to be removed, and Match results...Read More »
The Supreme Court of Utah (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s decision that there is no exception to the non-discoverability of privileged...Read More »
Collegial intervention is an administrative attempt to resolve issues informally, rather than go down the road of formal corrective action, which...Read More »
As news of Christopher Duntsch’s botched surgeries broke and the public began to realize the catastrophic proportions of this disaster, it became...Read More »
The corrective action, summary suspension, and fair hearing processes are high-stakes proceedings and extremely stressful for all involved....Read More »
The process of a hearing following the MEC’s recommendation for corrective action is an important right that must be spelled out in the bylaws. It is essential that this section of the bylaws is carefully thought out, drafted with precision, and kept in strict compliance with the minimum...
A physician and former hospital president is suing Tenet Healthcare and Detroit Medical Center (DMC). Ted Schreiber, MD, claims he was forced out...Read More »
If an organization consistently relies on temporary privileges and does not fully verify practitioner credentials, it places patient safety at...Read More »
