It is that time of year… it’s hotter, more humid and more hazy. However, while most of the academic world slows down in the summer for sabbatical, hospitals everywhere are frantically orienting new interns before unleashing them to take care of patients… supervised, of course. While much attention is paid to the “July effect” and […]
Becoming a leader in medicine is a unique process. I can’t think of another career where during ones training, regardless of how good you are at your job, you are automatically promoted to a more senior position each year! As you’ll recall, each July a new crop of interns shows up to our nation’s hospitals, […]
In a medical malpractice lawsuit, the entire lawsuit – including the plaintiff’s allegations as well as the physician’s defense – is structured around the patient’s medical record. It has been proven beyond doubt that a well-written note can go a long way in formulating a good defense against lawsuits. Your documentation is not only a piece of […]
Public and private payers incentivizing providers (P4P) to coax desired clinical behaviors have failed. Both CMS derived measures and those used by commercial insurers, many of which overlap, fail to pass Good Housekeeping standards and lack the reliable characteristics indicators must possess. Whether those indicators are valid, attributable, or meaningful makes all the difference in […]