A growing number of physicians are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, leading health systems to create policies to test the physical, cognitive, and clinical skills of its surgeons. In 2014, there were nearly 100,000 physicians in their 70s still practicing, up 2% from 2012,...
Q: Are employed physicians who have been granted privileges subject to the organized medical staff’s clinical case review portion of the ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) policy and all its attendant protections?
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We’re developing a book that features first-class, field-sourced credentialing and privileging resources, along with expert commentary on what makes them so great. Think The...
Today’s free resource is a sample reappointment OPPE scorecard courtesy of Beebe Healthcare, a nonprofit community hospital in Lewes, Delaware, that upholds professional practice evaluation as one landmark in the greater quality landscape.
For Dr. David Feinberg, personal connection and a penchant for narrative underpin effective healthcare leadership. In a recent interview with Forbes, the celebrated president and CEO for Geisinger Health, a 12-hospital system based in Pennsylvania, likened himself to a “chief...
