There is great truth in the old axiom that “Culture eats strategy for lunch every day of the week.” What is your medical staff and hospital culture? The answer is more important than you think. The true measure of an organization’s culture is how people actually behave within the organization....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 2
Canada ranks last among 11 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in a new survey in terms of how quickly people can get an appointment to see their regular family physicians. The survey, titled “Where You Live Matters: Canadian views on healthcare quality,” was...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 3
Some medical school administrators and policymakers see three-year programs as a way to produce physicians, particularly primary-care physicians (PCP), faster as the new healthcare law funnels millions of previously uninsured patients into the medical system. A three-year plan could also...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 1
The certification review process for Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS) is very similar to last year’s, according to The Joint Commission. “On-site review activities and certification process remain unchanged for 2014,” the HCSS Organization Review Process Guide states. Changes in the...
I was pondering the skill sets that we, as medical services professionals, need to develop as we move forward. Knowing I have a non-revenue-generating department, I've always wanted to make sure I add value to my organization. Some of the skill sets that I think are needed...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
In a recent blog posted on The New York Times’ Well site, Pauline Chen, MD, writes that surgical residency used to be a period of both intensive experience and increasing responsibility under the guidance of more experienced surgeons; and recent research has demonstrated a strong link...
Given the lack of economic alignments, shrinking or flat reimbursements, and emergence of new technologies, it is almost inevitable that there will be competition between physicians and hospitals. The real challenge is figuring out a way to successfully and simultaneously collaborate and compete...
