This month we continue with a series on practical tips to help medical staff leaders deal with a host of challenges that they may encounter in their roles.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
Jack Cox, MD, MMM, recently spoke with HCPro Managing Editor Karen Kondilis about his experiences as an author and a reader. Cox is coauthor, along withRosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS; and Christine Hearst, CPMSM, of "Resolve Practitioner Turf Conflicts:...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 19
Preliminary Bureau of Economic Analysis figures show that household healthcare spending surged during the last quarter. But if healthcare spending is rising so fast, why is healthcare job growth flat? Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times Economy Hub offers some possible answers to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
“We had all endured four years of medical school, and we believed that all our lectures, exams and national standardized tests had made us ready to be real physicians, or at least capable interns. But the reality was that in some cases, we were unable to carry out even the most routine duties,”...
My doctors had a health center; then they lost it; then they got it back. As a result, they are completely dedicated to that health center. This is different than hospitals where the medical staff has always had a hospital, or two, or three, to bounce back and forth between.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 17
Physicians would be able to increase the number of physician assistants they supervise from four to eight under a measure passed Tuesday by the Florida House of Representatives. The bill (HB 1275) was approved by a vote of 100 to 19 despite concerns by some lawmakers that the change would mean...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 16
The looming physician shortage has prompted many medical educators to champion a new way of teaching called competency-based medical education (CBME). Instead of a set four-year medical school curriculum based on lectures and written exams, CBME focuses on small-group experiences. In this system...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 15
Long shifts and lack of sleep among medical residents led the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to restrict work hours in 2003 and again in 2011. However, restrictions on work hours for surgeons-in-training may have backfired, according to a new review that found...
