Privileging

 A conversion to core privileging is underway at MaineHealth, and the effort has spurred a standard application for privileges among the...Read More »

Demand for alternative therapies is on the rise, and while some practitioners remain skeptical, many physicians have embraced the need for more...Read More »

The growing physician assistant (PA) field has led some medical schools to expand their PA programs in order to offset the looming physician...Read More »

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled unconstitutional an Alabama law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have privileges to admit...Read More »

Match data for 2014 show a modest increase in the primary care physician workforce, but the increase offers little redress to the primary care...Read More »

On Wednesday, July 9, HCPro hosted a webcast entitled "Assessing and Managing Clinically Suspect Practitioners: From Collegial...Read More »

One size doesn't fit all when it comes to physician reentry, and that's the way it should be, according to Nielufar Varjavand, MD,...Read More »

Developing and implementing a criteria-based core privileging system is challenging and requires considerable effort, but the result will...Read More »

Although telemedicine has the potential to make access to care simpler and easier, healthcare experts and telemedicine advocates...Read More »

Citing the need for further research, The Joint Commission has postponed implementation of its revised diagnostic imaging...Read More »