Failing to keep peer review information protected could lead to the waiving of peer review protection or jeopardize the confidentiality of the process. Anne Roberts, CPCS, CPMSM, senior director of medical affairs at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, provides the following...
Onboarding can be an arduous process for physician leadership and medical staff service departments (MSSD), even when things go smoothly. More and more, organizations are hearing about the provider experience of onboarding--including their frustration when application turnaround times...
Traditionally medical staff department meetings start late, participants arrive unprepared, discussion focuses on routine business and reports, controversial topics are raised and then left unresolved, and the meeting is monopolized by a vocal few. Is it really any wonder department chairs...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
Researchers at Stanford University found that hospital-employed physicians were much more likely to refer patients to their hospital over other nearby hospitals. According to their study, based on 2009 Medicare data, hospital-employed physicians sent 83% of their patients to the hospital that...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
Organizations should proactively identify how they will address low- or no-volume practitioners, both at initial appointment and reappointment, to ensure that they are extending privileges only to individuals who can demonstrate current clinical competence. If an applicant has little to no...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
Disruptive behavior from physicians has become a topic of conversation after a recent court case that awarded a colonoscopy patient $500,000 after he recorded his anesthesiologist making disparaging remarks about him during the procedure. Disruptive behavior can also lead to bad patient outcomes...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
“The healthcare environment dynamic is changing rapidly, as is the practice of medicine. Progress and change is inevitable, but not at the expense of what we have already achieved and learned over the years. To ‘fix healthcare’ we need to ‘heal physicians first.’ “
- Bhupendra O....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
This week the Institute of Medicine released its report on improving diagnosis in healthcare. According to the report, about 5% of adults in this country experience a...
Today's Quick Tip comes from Credentialing A to Z, a new book that offers spot training, answers frequently asked questions, includes sample forms, and provides quizzes for all levels of medical staff service. Knowing what...
Medical staff governance means more than drafting bylaws and amending policies. It can also require leaders to address colleagues' unprofessional behavior. Help with this thorny issue can be found in Managing Problem Practitioners: A Leadership Guide to Dealing With Impaired, Disruptive,...
