Only 245 cases of patient harm in surgeries using the Da Vinci robot system have been reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2000. The figure seems “very, very low” to Johns Hopkins University researchers, who have identified eight cases of patient harm or death that were...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 35
Former Medicare chief Donald Berwick, MD, said Obama administration officials should abandon a rule that leaves many older Americans without coverage for expensive rehabilitation care after they leave the hospital. The Medicare rule requires recipients to be admitted as a hospital inpatient for...
Picture a patient that is being prepped for surgery: Instead of counting down from 10 as the anesthesia kicks in, the patient shouts, “Lights, camera, action!”
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 9
Editor's note: HCPro's Credentialing Resource Center is constantly updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers to guide you in developing and maintaining clinical privileges for practitioners at your organization. The following is an excerpt from the recently updated...
The landscape of the healthcare environment is constantly changing, now more rapidly and with greater impact than ever before. One change that has invoked more debate than others has been the increase in employed physicians-that is, physicians working directly for a hospital or...
