Tennessee-based Ballad Health dismissed Nathan Smith, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon who invited then-CEO of Bristol Regional Medical Center Greg...Read More »
Conducting an intervention with a practitioner who is impaired, disruptive, or performing poorly can be emotionally draining for even the most...Read More »
The CEO of Bristol (Tennessee) Regional Medical Center was asked to step down after health system officials learned he took part in a surgical...Read More »
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are working from home in some capacity. There have been a lot of emotions during this new normal, and...Read More »
The World Health Organization has recently defined burnout as an official medical diagnosis, explaining it as a syndrome that results “from...Read More »
One of the key committees for many medical staffs is the peer review committee. This may either be a single committee for the entire medical staff...Read More »
Once a hospital has established which sites require practitioners to be privileged, the medical staff needs to evaluate the scope of services provided at the...
Healthcare organizations have become increasingly complex. In past decades, most organizations provided patient care within the walls of the...Read More »
