The latest addition to St. Jude Medical Center's psychiatry department isn't your run-of-the-mill medical staff recruit. Standing four feet tall atop a pair of razor-thin wheels, VGo is a remote-controlled telemedicine robot that has played the middleman between patients in the Fullerton,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 8
Last April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finalized the first substantive updates to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Guidebook in more than a decade. Roughly one year after the rollout, experts say the broadened reporting expectations have weightier...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 7
On April 12, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law senate bill (SB) 1148, which moves to bar healthcare entities in the state from requiring physicians to maintain board certification in order to gain medical licensure, reimbursement, or admitting privileges. The bill is the latest—and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 6
Although perhaps not as long-standing as their name implies, forevermore references have been around for a while. Part of the draw is their simplicity: At the time of a practitioner's resignation from a hospital, the medical staff office (MSO) asks the relevant department chair to complete an...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 5
It's been more than two decades since William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, teamed up with a vascular surgeon and four MSPs to develop a comprehensive set of medical staff bylaws in 90 days, but it's an experience he won't soon forget.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 3
Professional certification benefits not only the MSP, but also his or her hospital. Organizations that facilitate the process for their MSPs reap additional benefits such as a more stable medical staff services workforce with higher morale, as two directors of medical staff services have seen....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
Telepsychiatry shows promise as a way for hospitals to deliver scarce services to vulnerable patients, particularly in medically underserved areas. Often, telepsychiatry enables practitioners to evaluate and treat people who otherwise might not receive mental healthcare. For most organizations,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 12
Has your hospital's physician orientation program kept up with your medical staff changes? The best programs include only the relevant departments, don't provide redundant information, and take as little time as possible. Also, while it's true that computerization has its place, face time can be...
