A report released this week by the American Hospital Association (AHA) finds that hospitals supported nearly $2.6 trillion in activity to the U.S. economy in 2013.
This month, we continue to design an OPPE system that could be used in your facilty by looking at medical record completion as a communication performance measure. The examples offered in this series are just that--examples. They may or may not be relevant to the challenges in your organization...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
Healthcare organizations facing staffing shortages may resort to granting temporary privileges and using locum tenens physicians. However, without full credentials verification, credentialing and privileging professionals may clinically and legally endanger patients and healthcare...
Every peer review committee member must be aware of the ethical and legal issues they may face when carrying out their committee responsibilities and activities. In most states, laws protect peer review activities, but the committee and its members must still take precautions to maintain that...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
Following the outbreak of Ebola last year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released four web-based training modules to help prepare emergency department workers who may treat patients with infectious diseases.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 6
A study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that surgical site infections (SSI) caused the most complications that led to postoperative patients being readmitted.
Last month, we began the design of an actual OPPE system that can be used in your organization, starting with clinical case review. This month, a second OPPE measure will be added: professionalism. The recognition of professional conduct as a legitimate metric for the assessment of physician...
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (the "Court") denied a hospital's assertion that a state law peer review privilege protected its documents related to the death of a patient in response to a request from Disability Rights of North Carolina (DRNC), North...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 2
