Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.Benefits of telemedicine screening for COVID-19 include...Read More »
Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding activity, and more hospitals are making use of telemedicine resources. The regulatory and accreditation standards for the privileging of telemedicine practitioners have been in flux over the past decade. Some of this flux has been caused by the changing...
It is useful to recall that there is no prescribed format for creating medical staff bylaws and associated documents. Laws, regulations, and...Read More »
Yale New Haven Hospital's Late Career Practitioner Policy, which features an assessment of whether clinicians 70 and older are fit to practice...Read More »
Most of the bylaws we all operate under are essentially decades old so you're not alone in that regard. However, it is important to review your...Read More »
Consider alarm fatigue. Providers are supposed to respond with the same alacrity to each of the hundreds of pings, alerts, or notifications they...Read More »
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s granting of summary judgement, finding that an...Read More »
Many medical staff bylaws were written in the distant past. Over time, some have come to resemble archaeological documents. Occasionally they...Read More »
