September was National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, with September 17 being designated annually as National Physician Suicide Awareness...Read More »
A Massachusetts man has been charged with unauthorized practice of medicine and unauthorized practice of dentistry after running a dentist office...Read More »
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (the “Court”) ordered a National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) report submitted...Read More »
Christopher Daniel Duntsch, a former American neurosurgeon nicknamed “Dr. Death,” is serving a life sentence after being accused of injuring as...Read More »
When the medical staff asks a department chair to assign physician proctors for a newly appointed medical staff member, he or she should delegate...Read More »
Although the credentialing and privileging processes may seem burdensome, applicants can take comfort in knowing that they will be working...Read More »
To address burnout, physicians and nurses prefer actions to boost nurse staffing, increase clinician control over workload, and improve work...Read More »
For the most part, the physician health committee is composed of senior medical staff members who are respected by their colleagues for their...Read More »
Physicians who are doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO) generate similar results on key indicators of quality and...Read More »
For MSPs, tracking low-volumeadvanced practice practitioners (APP) seems like a balance between relying on technology and manual efforts to collect data. Use this form as a tool to augment and satisfy the APP OPPE review process, specifically in the absence of meaningful, harvestable clinical...
