The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and credentialing...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 9
Finding time to teach residents at the bedside is difficult. With new resident duty hour rules taking effect later this year, there will be even fewer opportunities for faculty to teach. Faculty members will have to make the most of the little time they have to educate residents.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 9
Congratulations to this month’s winner, Karen Vineyard, CPMSM, manager of medical affairs at Lapeer Regional Medical Center! Karen gets one free seat to the 2011 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas for her form, a physician improvement policy.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 9
The quality improvement or quality assurance department within a hospital typically organizes and oversees root cause analyses (RCA), but the medical staff plays an important role as well. During RCAs, it’s important to uphold a blame-free environment so the RCA team can pinpoint exactly what...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 3
As more physicians seek employment and contracting opportunities, hospitals are forced to navigate what can feel like uncharted waters. Some hospitals are still reeling from the mistakes they made in the '90s when they gobbled up physician practices only to cough them back up...
A recent New Mexico case suggests that hospitals don't necessarily have to enforce credentialing requirements in employment and service contracts to the letter to ensure that they are not vulnerable in malpractice suits.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 8
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 8
In reaction to concerns that accountable care organizations (ACOs) may put private practice physicians out of business, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in an interview with MedPage Today that ACOs don’t have to include hospitals. Rather than being dominated by...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 8
Those first few days and weeks are critical, so it’s important to plan your orientation such that new hospitalists aren’t forced to dive headfirst into the deep end on their first day.
