The Mount Carmel Health System fired 23 employees, and its CEO will resign later this month after it was discovered that a physician at the health...Read More »
Most medical staffs and healthcare organizations have found it challenging to find physicians willing and available to proctor colleagues. In hospital settings, many medical staffs overcome these barriers by making proctoring an obligation of staff membership. Usually, this is facilitated by a...
Some states, such as Maryland, have implemented mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs to help address the opioid crisis. Such programs...Read More »
For some hospital systems, unifying medical staffs isn’t always the best option. In such situations, perhaps partial unification might be a better...Read More »
A new report released by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) says its surveyors found that in 2018, healthcare organizations...Read More »
Many healthcare workers, including physicians, may be putting patients at risk by continuing to work when they have symptoms of cold, flu, or...Read More »
Gaps in mobile security remain a threat to your protected health information (PHI) and leave you vulnerable to HIPAA violations, so train and, if...Read More »