In today’s variable healthcare climate, hospitals should take extra pains to assemble a medical staff that’s capable of—and committed to—achieving big-picture patient care and community service goals. Today’s free resource, a sample intended practice plan, supports this effort. Before granting...
According to the AMA, nearly a quarter of physicians actively practicing in the United States in 2015 were age 65 or older. In a world where...Read More »
This week’s quick tip comes from an exchange adapted from HCPro’s webinar, “OPPE and FPPE Case Study: Award-Winning Professional Practice...Read More »
The Joint Commission has identified the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s core competencies as a potential framework for evaluating practitioners who are credentialed and privileged through the medical staff. The competency domains provide the foundation for identifying and...
Although the goals of competency assessment are the same for advanced practice professionals (APP) and physicians, the way in which the medical...Read More »
The third largest health system in the United States, Providence St. Joseph Health System struggled with an issue common among health systems: how...Read More »
A poll of more than 350 physicians found that many of them provided patients with some lifestyle change recommendations to reduce the risk for...Read More »
