News roundup July 26-30

The American Hospital Association is supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare personnel. It is also offering hospitals and health systems public service announcements and other resource materials as a way to keep up the push to get more shots into arms in the face of the evolving novel coronavirus.

Understand the circumstances under which the peer review committee typically recommends external peer review to the medical executive committee (MEC).

The American Association of Physician Assistants is making plans to change the title of the profession to "physician associate" after its House of Delegates passed a resolution in May.

The Supreme Court of Iowa (the "Court") recently ruled that evidence of prior malpractice lawsuits against a physician was admissible in a negligent credentialing lawsuit against a hospital because it was relevant to the hospital's credentialing decision.

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