Physician practices remain "under threat" from severe financial strain from the coronavirus pandemic, a recent American Medical Association (AMA)...Read More »
According to a recent report from the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), nearly two in three PAs (64%) reported using telemedicine in their practice...Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating healthcare access issues for rural America, resulting in negative health consequences for people who haven't...Read More »
The percentage of older adults who had ever participated in a telehealth visit rose from 4% in May 2019 to 30% in June 2020, according to the ...Read More »
As 2020 launched, healthcare executives had no way of knowing the havoc a novel virus that had emerged in Wuhan, China, would wreak on the...Read More »
Mary Barr, CPMSM, was new to her position as director of medical affairs at St. John Medical Center. With extensive experience as an MSP, Mary initially focused her attention on the scope of credentialing and privileging of current medical staff members, advanced practice professionals, and new...
The following figure provides some examples of physician indicators of performance that apply to the ambulatory setting. The Six General Competencies adapted from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) joint...
Once a hospital has established which sites require practitioners to be privileged, the medical staff needs to evaluate the scope of services provided at the...
Healthcare organizations have become increasingly complex. In past decades, most organizations provided patient care within the walls of the...Read More »
