Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, advisory consultant with The Greeley Company and president of PRO-CON, an Illinois-based medical staff services consulting group, answers the question "If PAs can be trained based on the privileges of their supervisory physician, is this true for nurse...
Many medical staffs undergo significant redesign of their peer review programs to decrease bias and improve efficiency. While staffs typically adopt well-written policies that reflect those changes, unfortunately these programs commonly drift back to their old ways. This is often because initial...
Artificial intelligence (AI) may hold the key to further advancements in healthcare. For example, AI tools such as note-taking and scan-reading programs have allowed physicians to spend more time with patients and thus foster stronger connections with them. Furthermore, these AI developments...
"Patients living with multiple chronic conditions are often overwhelmed by the work they must do to care for their illnesses—appointments, medication taking, dietary restrictions, and physical activity. These tasks exceed their capacity to cope with them alongside everyday life."
- Kasey...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 3
A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.
Beyond having detailed requirements for membership, privileging criteria, and other applicable policies, FPPE and OPPE for AHPs is needed to provide an initial review of new practitioners and a sustained review of each reappointment application. Best practice is a comparative analysis of OPPE...
