"When there's a decision to make, I routinely ask myself one question — 'What is best for the patient?' ... We're here because of our patients; if we put patients and their needs first, we know we're doing the right thing."
"This settlement brings closure to a long legal fight over the improper interference into the physician-patient relationship and the autonomy of a medical staff's responsibility for medical decision making and peer review."
- California Medical Association President Theodore M. Mazer, MD...
A sneak-peek at results from the 2018 MSP Salary Survey supports the increasing trend of MSPs taking a greater role in provider enrollment and delegated credentialing activities.
"Experience teaches us that this is occurring across the country," says Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS. "APPs are expanding skills under the tutelage of their supervising or collaborating physician sponsors. Sometimes this is being done without the organization’s knowledge or approval. If an...
“Many nurses are head of households, or have income that’s important to their families, so finances weight heavily on these decisions, which is why many stay working in the private sector.”
- Judy Schmidt, CEO of the New Jersey State Nurses Association, discusses the crucial role college...
Over the past decade, both the number of and need for nurse practitioners have grown. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners' NP Fact Sheet, reports there are more than 248,000 licensed NPs in the United States, and the Health Resources & Services Administration projects the supply...
Once the decision is made to offer APPs the opportunity to train up, the organization is now ready to determine the policy and procedures necessary to accomplish this goal. Policy considerations should include the following:
A purpose statement or objective: The organization must
When exploring the possibility of bringing APPs into your organization, start by taking stock of your current practitioners. Are any APPs already practicing there? If so, what are they doing, and where are they doing it?
"Team leadership is initially about setting goals, constraints and guiding principles to help them through. Then, let them drive the daily operations and make the decisions."
- Jeff Rosenfeld, manager of strategic innovation and project management at Tahoe Forest Hospital District in...
A surgical team in Argentina—comprised of a surgeon, an anesthesiologist, two surgical assistants, and a surgical nurse—has been suspended after taking photos mid-surgery and later posting them online. Photos posted on Lorena Olguin’s social media account show the team posing for pictures in...
