“[I]t’s important to completely unplug from the practice and experience regular ‘down time.’ This can be as small a change as a regular power nap, a walk outdoors, or a call to a friend at lunch, but can also mean bigger changes like not working at home and making yourself unavailable while on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 7
In the past I’ve written about the safety measures hospitals are taking to prevent violence, including arming security guards. According to a recent article in The New York Times, 52...
Ongoing evaluation (OPPE) is required for advanced practice professionals (APP), just as it is for physicians. However, data are not as readily available for APPs, so the medical staff office has to be creative. Get physicians involved in the process by asking what indicators they consider...
As clinician shortages intensify, payment reform initiatives mount, and organizations diversify their medical staffs, changes—and tensions—can arise in practitioners’ daily work. In Resolve Practitioner Turf Conflicts:...
This week, CRC Daily covers the governance of advanced practice professionals (APP). As the presence and roles of APPs on the medical staff continue to expand, their distinctive skillsets call for MSPs and medical staff leaders to evaluate—and sometimes amend—vetting and governance...
Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, has participated in the development of the medical staff services profession for more than 40 years. In 1996, she founded Plainfield, Illinois–based PRO-CON, a consulting firm specializing in credentialing, privileging, medical staff organization...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 5
Even as regulators and the public demand more verification of physician competence, physicians have less time—and are less willing—to perform competence assessments and undergo monitoring. With this in mind, medical staffs must develop proctoring and precepting plans that are effective and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 5
With Medicare reimbursements becoming increasingly linked to patient safety issues, healthcare leaders are striving to create a culture of safety at their hospitals. Hospital & Health Networks recently provided an overview of the areas hospitals need to focus on to improve patient...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 5
Between 2003 and 2013, 177 physicians who were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) for sexual misconduct have not been disciplined by their state boards, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.
