“Peer-to-peer review helps hospitals to discuss their problems in a safe environment, when it isn’t a crisis. We should strive for a day when a...Read More »
Today’s healthcare environment is ever-shifting, often making it difficult for providers to keep up. However, the incentives to do so remain high...Read More »
Last month, my column covered the evolution of peer review during the 20th century and some lessons learned from its successes and failures. To...Read More »
“Medicine is fast becoming a field of editing for the sake of efficiency, but how much farther can we go before the story we are left with is not...Read More »
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient...Read More »
Between 2010 and 2016, the wage gap between male and female physicians in New York has more than doubled, despite the growing number of women...Read More »
"[W]hen he was renewing his … staff privileges, a secretary noticed that he had never recertified in family medicine. He argued that 26 years of...Read More »
There is a declining trend in the number of family medicine (FM) physicians receiving obstetrics privileges nowadays. These providers were once...Read More »