A report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates that half of all medical research conducted in the United States is financed through corporations. Therefore, the IOM urges...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 18
Group purchasing organizations (GPO) have the potential to save the United States health care industry $36 billion dollars annually, says a study by Health Care Sector Advances, Inc., The Value of Group Purchasing - 2009: Meeting the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 18
When recruiting a physician to a particular specialty, a variety of physician compensation data sources are available to help you determine a reasonable compensation package and comply with fair market value requirements. To start your research, begin with the following resources.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 18
The most practical approach is to distribute feedback reports every six months. This provides physicians with four reports during a two-year cycle and gives him or her a reasonable opportunity to improve if an indicator is outside an acceptable level.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 18
Some of the most dramatic movie scenes involve a jury deliberating the fate of a defendant. In fact, the 1957 film “12 Angry Men” was set almost entirely in the jury room. But what if the screenwriter had decided to place the defendant in the jury box and allowed him to comment while the jury...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 17
State agencies that license and discipline doctors in California and Florida are among those with the worst track records in protecting patients from seriously substandard care, according to an April 20 report from Public Citizen...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 17
There may be times when you might want a more in-depth scrutiny of a physician’s capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses, or when you might wish to provide education programs to upgrade knowledge and skills.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 17
Meeting minutes must be recorded accurately because when everyone leaves at the end of the meeting, each person may have a different interpretation of the topics discussed and what, or if, any conclusion was reached on those topics.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 17
Health care is becoming an increasingly data driven and quality driven industry. Those of us somewhat “mature” physicians do, at times, savor memories of medicine’s more gilded years when doctors were rock stars.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 17
Medical staff leaders are often daunted at the prospect of engaging and paying outside peer reviewers. This article contains a few tips on when an outside reviewer is necessary, how to select the right reviewer, and how to ensure that your facility puts a reviewer’s feedback to good use.
