Across settings, organizations are granting official practice authorization using delineation of privilege (DOP) forms that are incomplete, or that seem to be so, according to the AAAHC Quality Roadmap 2016...
Health records are data-rich, and more stakeholders are looking to dip into them for increasingly diverse purposes such as population health and...Read More »
Despite moves for transparency around healthcare quality and finances, there remain areas where strict confidentiality is not optional. It is required, period. For this reason, many medical staffs have adopted an overarching and general “Practitioner Attestation Confidentiality Statement,” such...
This year will feature several significant trends and developments for physician assistants (PA), says Dawn Morton-Rias, EdD, PA-C, president and...Read More »
A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint...Read More »
It has been two years since Christopher Duntsch, MD, was convicted of a felony count of injury to an elderly person and sentenced to life in...Read More »
There is good protection for individuals who engage in peer review activities, including proctors, and one type of protection comes in the form of legal immunity from damages. This immunity is provided under federal law—the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA)—and it is often...
With the new year officially in full swing, it’s a good time to reflect on documentation findings from surveys during the past year and develop an...Read More »
Accreditation certifies that an organization has met specific quantified standards. Similarly, accrediting bodies are certified in terms of their...Read More »
