An ACGME task force recently issued recommendations regarding changes to its Common Program Requirements regarding duty hours. A public comment period is now underway. A key part of the recommendations propose greater flexibility in resident work hours as generally tested in the Flexibility in...
CRC wants to know: What will 2017 hold for MSPs and medical staff leaders? Send your professional aspirations, inspirations, predictions, plans, and advice for the year ahead to Editor Delaney Rebernik at drebernik@hcpro.com, and you could see...
Consider whether a performance deficiency should be handled as a medical staff issue or an employment issue. The employed physician might argue that clinical and behavioral issues should be handled through the medical staff bylaws, which guarantee extensive due process. Handling a physician...
A new California law lifts a century-old ban on direct physician employment and aims to end a “doctor desert” among the smallest and most remote hospitals.
The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) Symposium has long been among the most anticipated industry events of the year. But our team of first-class subject matter experts never stops dreaming up new ways to make the symposium even more memorable and applicable to MSPs’ and...