The 10-year legal battle between a Cleveland Clinic urologist and his patient came to an end this week. Retired Air Force Colonel David Antoon agreed to pay $100 to settle with his former urologist, Jihad Kaouk, MD. Prior to the settlement, Antoon faced felony charges for sending emails to Kaouk that the urologist found threatening, in retaliation for a procedure that had left Antoon impotent and incontinent. Additionally, Antoon had posted a list on Yelp of all of the surgeries that Kaouk had scheduled at the same time as Antoon’s, even though Antoon had specifically requested that Kaouk be the only one permitted to perform the surgery.

Published 7/23/18

Sharing peer review information between hospitals is a crucial step in helping medical staffs make informed decisions about granting clinical privileges to practitioners. However, if the disclosure process is not done carefully and appropriately, medical staffs can expose themselves to legal risk. CRCJ spoke with Austin, Texas–based healthcare attorney Joanne P. Hopkins, Esq., to find out the best practices medical staff professionals can implement to guard against legal troubles when disclosing physician information with third parties.

Published 7/23/18

"How to Succeed in a Paperless System" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC)! Click here to access this new release directly through the CRC website. In this 90 minute webinar, join experts Kevin Kelley, BA, Barbara Warstler, MBA, CPMSM, FASPR, and Lisa Zuppert, BA, CPMSM from University Hospitals as they dive into the benefits and challenges of going paperless. They will review the steps needed to acquire and organize data, and explain how to properly use the data once it is acquired. Participants will learn how to conduct paperless meetings and get helpful tools for making their paperless system more efficient.

The 2019 CRC Symposium Case Study Competition and the 2019 CRC Achievement Awards are two application-based contests that showcase excellence in the medical staff services and leadership fields. Winners, who will be selected by a panel of esteemed industry experts, will receive free admission to and recognition at the 2019 CRC Symposium this February in Las Vegas.

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