Addiction medicine focuses on the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of patients of all ages with the disease of addiction, substance-related disorders, and associated...
To assist organizations in improving their credentialing and privileging processes, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (...Read More »
According to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), critical care specialists—also called intensivists—are qualified to diagnose, treat, and support critically ill and injured patients, particularly trauma victims and patients with multiple organ dysfunction. They also work to...
Physician practices remain "under threat" from severe financial strain from the coronavirus pandemic, a recent American Medical Association (AMA)...Read More »
According to a recent report from the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), nearly two in three PAs (64%) reported using telemedicine in their practice...Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating healthcare access issues for rural America, resulting in negative health consequences for people who haven't...Read More »
The percentage of older adults who had ever participated in a telehealth visit rose from 4% in May 2019 to 30% in June 2020, according to the ...Read More »
As 2020 launched, healthcare executives had no way of knowing the havoc a novel virus that had emerged in Wuhan, China, would wreak on the...Read More »
Mary Barr, CPMSM, was new to her position as director of medical affairs at St. John Medical Center. With extensive experience as an MSP, Mary initially focused her attention on the scope of credentialing and privileging of current medical staff members, advanced practice professionals, and new...
