One of the key challenges that low- and no-volume providers present is how to assess their competence when you have little or no data on their...Read More »
Are patients skipping needed appointments? A research letter titled “Trends in Outpatient Care Delivery and Telemedicine During the COVID-19...Read More »
Medical staff documents must address the many administrative issues that are required to facilitate the smooth operation of the organization. When...Read More »
Does it often seem like your quality department and medical staff services department are doing the same work related to peer review and quality improvement? Historically, these two processes have been developed separately and lived in siloed departments. In this 90-minute webinar, speaker...
Forty-two percent of physicians reported being burned out, according to a Medscape survey of more than 12,000 physicians in various specialties...Read More »
What does effective peer review look like? Get the answers with Peer Review Committee Essentials Handbook, Second Edition. This book compares and contrasts the traditional and contemporary definitions of peer review and offers strategies to...
The gender pay gap is not news. In 2016, a Forbes article pointed out that the healthcare and social assistance industry had the fourth highest...Read More »
Today’s MSPs are taking on larger volumes of work and scopes of responsibility than ever before, often without seeing equivalent gains in respect...Read More »
We continue our discussion on planning a move toward a just culture to improve patient safety. Last month we covered setting goals, educating the...Read More »
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) has no provision or requirement for an appellate review mechanism. However, if your...Read More »