Pink flags on medical staff applications never stay that shade for long. Swift identification and targeted action can resolve concerns about these subtle deviations from the norm—but on the other hand, negligence and mismanagement can escalate flags to full-blown problems.
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,...
In most cases, it is useful but not required to have a specialty-to-specialty match. There are many observations regarding clinical practice that doctors from a wide range of specialties can accurately make. Did the observed practitioner exhibit adequate history and physical skills, compose a...
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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