With patient satisfaction surveys factoring more heavily into Medicare payments, hospitals are making more of an effort to improve the bedside manner of its physicians. Research has shown that hospitals that encourage physicians to be more responsive to patients are more likely to have higher...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 37
"[A]s we enter into clinical practice, physicians face the burdens of documentation and regulatory requirements that eat into the time that we should be spending on building relationships with our patients, which contributes to an ongoing erosion of our compassion."
- Rebekah...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 37
Continuous readiness is your best preparation for an accreditation survey—but how do you prepare? By knowing your processes and being able to talk about them with the surveyors. It is also helpful to know the accreditors’ standards that apply to medical staff and credentialing. As the MSP, you...
The revised Conditions of Participation (CoP) allow certain nonphysician practitioners, when determined to be eligible for appointment by the governing body, to have privileges like other medical staff members. These nonphysician practitioners may be advanced practice registered nurses...
