Physician leaders aren’t doing enough to address physician burnout, according to a survey conducted by Studer Group. The survey conducted late last year anonymously surveyed more than 350 practicing physicians and found that 54% said their leaders were not actively taking steps to treat and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 5
“If we’re to truly reform healthcare, we can’t limit improvements to finances. We need to renovate how human beings in this system relate to one another.”
- Jeff Kane, MD, discusses improving communication between physicians and patients in a post on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 5
If you don’t subscribe to our free email newsletter Credentialing Resource Center Daily, not only have you been missing out on daily credentialing and privileging news, tips, and tools, but...
In today’s quick tip, 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium speaker Todd Sagin, MD, JD, discusses what issues are popping up for medical staffs trying to credential and privilege practitioners who practice...
Today's free resource provides sample language that can be used to create your medical staff leadership job descriptions. Although physician leaders and others in the organization may "know" what the duties are involved with being, for example, medical staff president, it is important to have a...
Once leaders assume their roles at the beginning of the year, St. Jude Medical Center, in Fullerton, California, holds a medical staff retreat. For the past 5 years, it has been at Disney Land at the California Grand, which is really popular with the medical staff leaders. They used to have...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 4
The first study looking at if residents’ increased duty hours affected patient outcomes has been released and it shows that the justification for work limits may not be there. In an analysis of nearly 140,000 patients, less restrictive duty hour policies (i.e., number of consecutive hours worked...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 4
HCPro’s Credentialing Resource Center now has a Twitter account (@hcpro_crc) for an easy way to hear about our latest news, including updates about the upcoming...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 4
With the rise of healthcare services outside traditional hospital settings, outpatient practitioner credentialing and peer review are challenging medical staff services departments nationwide. We spoke with 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium presenter Todd Sagin, MD, JD,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 4
Recent studies found that sending patients text message alerts reminding them to take their medication increased their chances of complying. A paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at 16 studies which collectively tracked 3,000 chronically ill patients in different countries...
