A program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville is making significant inroads in helping physicians improve the way they practice medicine or change behaviors after patients complain about them, either because of their actions or their clinical work. If they are having trouble...
Val Jones, MD, recently spoke with hospital executives (some of whom were physicians) about the overall process of hiring and managing temporary physicians. “What I heard wasn’t pretty,” Jones wrote on the KevinMD website. “I thought I’d summarize their opinions in the form of a mock...
With the restructuring of the Step 3 examination in 2014, the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) program will no longer require examinees to apply for Step 3 under the eligibility requirements of a specific medical licensing authority. Other Step 3 eligibility requirements—including a...
More than $8 million in grants will support research to aid long-term recovery in areas hard hit by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced this week. Research will focus on physical and behavioral health aspects of recovery including community...
Physician leaders are pressed for time. Give them the knowledge and tools to confidently and effectively carry out their medical executive committee (MEC) responsibilities and comply with accreditation standards.
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Val Jones, MD, founder and CEO of Better Health, summarized some interesting field research about locum tenens in a KevinMD blog earlier this week. Apparently there’s no love lost between hospital executives and...
