As primary care physicians and other specialists spend less time practicing at the hospital in their community, their relationships with the hospital and other practicing physicians tend to weaken. It becomes easier for competing hospitals to attract their referrals away from your hospital. To...
Employees experience less burnout when they believe their organizational policies are genuine and their leaders demonstrate empathy when creating those policies, according to a survey of nearly 7,000 employees in 14 countries.
Medical staffs know that the peer review process is not free of bias, but what they might not know is that bias goes far beyond being a partner or competitor to the physician being reviewed.
Don't forget to print out individual articles or a PDF of the full issue of Credentialing Resource Center Journal and Medical Staff Briefings. For individual articles, simply click on the printer icon and you'll be directed to a PDF version of it that you can print out or save. Or wait until the...
In granting a temporary injunction, a federal judge in Texas ruled that physicians cannot be required to perform abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). The ruling also means that physicians will not be protected for violating state law when performing an...
Most healthcare facilities and health plans require medical malpractice insurance coverage. There are two types of medical professional liability insurance policies available.
Recent guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommend that individuals exposed to COVID-19 quarantine until testing negative, as has been the case for the past two years.
Developing an agenda for meetings helps limit inefficiency and may even prevent unnecessary meetings (if you can’t fill an agenda, don’t meet!). Here are some tips.
It is very important for the medical staff to be clear on what, if any, impact an employment decision has on a physician’s clinical privileges. Effective communication between HR, administration, and the medical staff (particularly the medical staff president and MSP) is crucial, the experts say...
The Credentialing Resource Center’s (CRC) annual MSP Salary Survey measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping the careers of MSPs across the industry. The 2022...
