“Every day clinicians yell at nurses. They bully, they prod, they rush off the phone before fully answering questions. I have done it many times myself. The phenomena is so common that most nurses and secretaries accept it as part of the job.”
Jordan Grumet...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 33
This week’s edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider features a piece about a surgeon ordered to pay $40,000 to a nurse for kicking her. From the nurse’s testimony, the surgeon had a history of this type of behavior. I don’t work in a hospital so maybe I’m a little out...
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled unconstitutional an Alabama law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital. The measure, which was similar to laws that have been passed in 10 other states, threatened to close three of the state's...
A National Bureau of Economic Research paper contends that “cowboy” physicians—those who deviate from professional guidelines, and often providing more aggressive care than is recommended—are responsible for a significant portion of U.S. health costs. The paper concludes that “36% of end-of-...
If you think the tension between managers and medical staff is something unique to healthcare in the United States, this recent BusinessWeek article might provide small...
Effective October 1, 2014, the new fee to query the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) will be $3.00 for both Continuous and One-Time Queries and $5.00 for Self-Queries. All other aspects of querying will remain the same, according to the NPDB. Below is a chart that compares the current...
