"Speaking to patients in my clinic, during hospital rounds or out in the community, allows me to reconnect to purpose. Being able to help solve problems and get patients the care that they need is what keeps me motivated to go to work every day."
It’s important for credentials committee members to understand that they are involved directly or indirectly in developing an excellent privileging process. Privileging involves four distinct, ongoing steps.
Private equity firms have made an impact on the world of healthcare by edging into the physician practice space through an increasing number of acquisitions primarily centered on specialty areas with potential for additional income.
In 2017, 102 physician practices were purchased by...
"The expense is curiosity, and the result is a generation of physicians entering clinical training with a knowledge base derived from test-preparation material."
- "The Curious Radiologist" discusses the deterioration of medical education he has witnessed in his time...
Work-product privilege is a type of peer review protection law that prevents information associated with the peer review process from being discovered in court. This protection is based on the idea that physicians won’t candidly discuss a colleague’s shortcomings if their statements later could...
The Joint Commission (TJC) standards call for an objective, evidence-based process when deciding whether to grant or deny a privilege(s) or to renew existing ones. Criteria must be consistently evaluated to determine a practitioner’s ability to provide patient care, treatment, and services...
It’s estimated that around 1,500 surgeries each year end with a retained surgical item (RSI). These patients often experience frequent infections, pain, bowel blockage, and other complications—and to add insult to injury, patients then need to be operated on again to remove the RSI.
