The AOA and ACGME have begun the process of creating a single accreditation system. The final result could be a simplified verification process, but a lot must happen before the system is fully implemented?and the target date for completion is June 2020.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division, denied a motion to compel the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) to produce documents created by its institutional review board (IRB) in regard to a clinical research trial performed on...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 9
Todd Sagin, MD, JD,says hospitals and MSPs have a number of tools they can use to protect themselves when potential issues are identified ... including a simple policy: Don't use the words "in good standing."
Medical staffs across the country have found that establishing their own private treasury accounts funded by staff dues and application/reappointment fees has helped them maintain autonomy from hospital administration. This separation has become especially apparent when conflicts requiring...
A conversion to core privileging is underway at MaineHealth, and the effort has spurred a standard application for privileges among the eight hospitals in the system. MSB recently spoke with Cheryl Schilke, RN, CPMSM, director of Synernet, MaineHealth's...
Demand for alternative therapies is on the rise, and while some practitioners remain skeptical, many physicians have embraced the need for more research. Not so fast, says Brian Goldman, MD, in his White Coat, Black Art blog. Goldman cited a Trends in Molecular Medicine article...
