Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Need to Know: How to Manage Medical Staff Confidentiality and Privilege Protections
The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 206: Supporting Patient Care with Darra Coleman of Prisma Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 179: Obesity Effects on the Workforce & Economy with Tim Dall, Healthcare Economist
Opting Out of Medicare: When and How to Do It
Patient Steering and Charting
Podcast - Talking Sickle Cell Trait with NFL Wide Receiver Ty Montgomery and Dr. Anjulika Chawla, MD, FAAP
From NC State to Changing the State of Health Information Networks, with Medicom Technologies’ Malcolm Benitz
Hospice Law Insights - Innovators Series: A Conversation with Michael McHale, President and CEO of TRU Community Care
Patient Records Requests: What You Need to Know
PATIENT PRIVACY IN AN ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA
What patients misunderstand about their right of informed consent
Similarities in Diversity between a Law Firm’s Culture and a Clinical Trial
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