Physicians would be prudent to understand the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPBD) reporting procedures. This knowledge and understanding will help physicians participate in peer review and will reduce the likelihood of a physician being a subject ...

As COVID-19 took hold in March, U.S. doctors limited in-person appointments — and many patients avoided them — for fear of infection. The result was a huge increase in the volume of remote medical and behavioral health visits.

Medical practices face a variety of risks related to staff misconduct. The authors explore the potential risk areas and provides recommendations for minimizing them.

Given that up to 50 percent of hospitalized patients are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, the importance of identifying and addressing nutritional status is clear. The authors highlight two innovative strategies.

Everyone benefits when teams focus on care and members’ skills are fully engaged.

The authors describe an abrupt and significant increase in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests seen by their hospital system-based EMS service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Primary care physicians are the vanguard to the evaluation of work ability and return-to-work decisions.

This article discusses three elements—access to care, compassion, and transparency—that will result in significant changes in the near future and will allow medical care to continue even with the transformations taking place.

Despite the evolving business model of medicine, physicians must demand abundant time to educate, counsel, and share decisions with patients. The constellation of abundant time, true partnership, and sharing in decisions is the panacea to preventing ...

Health information technology provides critical life-saving functions and consists of connected, networked systems that leverages wireless technologies, which in turn leave such systems more vulnerable to cyber-attacks.

This article presents an analytical review of court decisions in six states and the federal courts to illustrate the techniques used in ascertaining personal goodwill.

In early May 2020, Cassatly Leadership Coaching interviewed 27 healthcare leaders to learn about the impacts of COVID-19 on their organizations, their insights based on recent experience, and their vision for future leadership during uncertain times ...