More than 70% of heath data breaches in the past decade involved sensitive demographic or financial information, leaving 159 million people...Read More »
This past July, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine unanimously passed two new rules aimed at further regulating overlapping...Read More »
I had just completed my case presentation on provider master data management (MDM) at a conference for medical professionals. A well-suited...Read More »
Baylor College of Medicine conducted an analysis examining surgeries over a six-month period that resulted in adverse events, and the ensuing data...Read More »
Effective meeting management is the result of a skillful blending of diplomacy and proven management skills and techniques. For each meeting, physician leaders should be well prepared and identify reasonable objectives and emphasize the importance of the committee or department’s contributions...
A Massachusetts District Court (the “Court”) denied the motion to dismiss put forth by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts General...Read More »
What is the best way to deal with disruptive behavior? Conduct the initial intervention when medical staff leadership has decided to proceed beyond just providing routine feedback. If you feel that the physician will refute the accusations, come armed with data. If the physician...
The medical staff services department doesn’t assess practitioners’ competence, but MSPs can ensure that the organized medical staff has the...Read More »
The AMA is calling for barriers “based on arbitrary thresholds” to be lifted for prescription opioids. The organization says that these barriers,...Read More »
