Tennessee-based Ballad Health dismissed Nathan Smith, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon who invited then-CEO of Bristol Regional Medical Center Greg...Read More »
Conducting an intervention with a practitioner who is impaired, disruptive, or performing poorly can be emotionally draining for even the most...Read More »
The CEO of Bristol (Tennessee) Regional Medical Center was asked to step down after health system officials learned he took part in a surgical...Read More »
The World Health Organization has recently defined burnout as an official medical diagnosis, explaining it as a syndrome that results “from...Read More »
A new study found that pay gaps between men and women are greater at physician practices that also have greater proportions of male physicians....Read More »
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) are state databases that track prescriptions for controlled substances. Both prescribers and pharmacists have access to PDMPs; in fact, pharmacists are required to enter filled prescriptions into PDMPs prior to dispensing, and in some states,...
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in support of the expansion of telemedicine services, particularly in rural areas....Read More »
