When a hospital experiences an adverse event or a near miss, it is the duty of everyone involved in the incident to find out exactly what happened and why. The first step in getting to the bottom of any incident is to conduct a root cause analysis (RCA). Generally, the quality...
We’ve all heard the saying “Great leaders are made, not born.” But how does one make a leader? It’s a complicated recipe, but it involves one part self-education, one part opportunity, and one part mentorship.
We’ve all done it—read through tedious reports filled with paragraphs of blocky text, tables, and footnotes but walked away with zero useful information. We get so bogged down in the bulk of the information that we fail to see what the data mean. That’s where infographics...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 1
Medical staff leaders and MSPs may spend more time implementing new privileges than suspending them, but when it comes time for the latter, it’s important to know what steps to take to ensure a fair and legal suspension.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 12
Thumbing through credentialing applications can give MSPs a snapshot of practitioners’ career paths. If someone created a similar file for MSPs, what would yours look like? Would it be a series of random events, or would it be a calculated effort that led to the achievement of your highest goals...
It’s no secret that the current fee-for-service physician payment model is flawed. It rewards physicians for the volume of the care they provide, rather than the quality, and it does little to control costs.
When it comes to impaired physicians, medical staffs often focus on identifying the problem (e.g., alcohol, drug abuse, disease, or aging) and helping the physician find an appropriate treatment plan. However, medical staffs tend to fall short when it is time for the physician to return to work...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 11
Credentialing can be an expensive business, from paying for primary source verifications to funding the salaries of MSPs who prepare files for medical executive committee review.
Applications are to the credentialing process what salt is to the cooking process: basic, yet essential.
Medical staffs need to evaluate and fine-tune their credentialing applications from time to time to ensure they are efficiently collecting the most useful information from...
