According to a 2016 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States could experience a shortage of 61,700–94,700 physicians by 2025. As the physician pool dwindles, and technology rapidly advances, more and more medical staffs will turn to telemedicine solutions to...
The 2017 CRC Symposium kicks off April 7 in Austin, Texas. As if two days of hands-on training with industry experts and elbow-rubbing with peers...Read More »
Affirming a judgment by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (the “Court”) concluded that claims of negligent...Read More »
The New Year’s dust (or confetti, as the case may be) has settled, routine is restored, and 2017 stretches ahead. For MSPs, medical staff leaders...Read More »
Peer review expert Robert J. Marder, MD, provides best practices for moving to a multispecialty model of peer review and improving the overall...Read More »
Although MSPs consider quality care a driving focus, they don’t always devote the same energy to collaborating with colleagues in the quality...Read More »
FPPE is a process that requires a formal improvement plan with some form of monitoring to determine whether the improvement has been achieved. Whether an FPPE is initiated based on case review decisions by a peer review committee or evaluations of OPPE reports, having a defined format for the...
OPPE reports should not catch practitioners by surprise. Create a timeline around which all practitioners will receive OPPE/FPPE education,...Read More »