Interview with Michael R. Callahan, JD.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M R Callahan.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
As hospitals are challenged to recruit and retain qualified medical staff, they must continually consider the legal ramifications of their actions. Developing a physician-hospital alliance may conceptually be an excellent idea within a medical-service area, but rulings by the Office of the Inspector General and the Internal Revenue Service can challenge the decisions of hospital administrators and boards. Writing for the National Institute of Physician Recruitment and Retention, Roger G. Bonds and Michael R. Callahan address legal ramifications of physician-hospital alliances.
Dec. 1 is the effective date of the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990, which requires all healthcare institutions to provide information to patients on living wills, durable powers of attorney and other "advance directives" governing the extent to which life-sustaining treatment should be administered. Healthcare attorney Michael R. Callahan capsulizes the law's requirements and tells how to meet the deadline.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Credentialing of hospital staff has become an important method by which to ensure and to monitor the quality of clinical practice.