Following a push to teach medical students about the health risks associated with climate change, there's now a growing movement to provide residents with further training tailored to their specialties.
Proponents of the move say residents should be trained to provide patients with...
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) enumerates components to ensure procedural fairness. The first principle of fairness concerns adequate notice of a hearing, which was explored in last month’s article; such a notice must conform to time frames laid out in the HCQIA.
Physicians may claim that the data used to carry out peer review is invalid. This is a claim that many medical staff leaders have heard. It is true that the discovery of even the slightest inaccuracy will invalidate the entire performance report in the minds of some physicians. They will assume...
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order (EO) placing limits on the diversity training that federal employers and contractors can offer is raising concerns of a chilling effect on employers’ diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The order, released on September 22, was referenced...
In a recent Massachusetts General Hospital webinar, Neil Naik, MD, emergency medicine simulation education director at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, offered physicians suggestions on how to improve their bedside manner as they transitioned to providing care via telemedicine, which for...
When addressing disruptive physician behavior, organizations must understand an often confusing phrase: zero tolerance. Many medical staffs are adopting a zero-tolerance policy with regard to disruptive behavior, but some hospitals are confused about what exactly zero tolerance entails. This...
