The American Hospital Association’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate recently published the results of a survey looking into hospitals’ practices to engage patients and their families. The survey included 25 key practices and asked hospitals to report which ones they had adopted...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 25
“Our goal from the get-go has been to turn people on to primary care, and to turn the ship in the other direction… Takes a long time to turn a ship, though.”
- Michael Rosenblum, MD, discusses the shrinking number of primary care physicians in a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 25
HCPro would like to offer a medical staff professional (MSP) e-learning library. These e-learning courses for credentialing and privileging would allow MSPs to complete training modules to improve their skills or learn new ones. Course topics could include credentialing...
To make case review during meetings efficient, all initial review needs to occur outside of the meeting. If a review has not been completed prior to the meeting, it should not go on the agenda, and if it’s not on the agenda, the committee doesn’t discuss it. The committee might waste time...
This table provides an excellent overview of the opportunities of FPPE. Created by Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, the organization uses this table as a way to assist with the process of determining which activity would provide the best feedback, depending on the situation. Note the...
In Effective Peer Review, Third Edition, author Robert J. Marder, MD, discusses the importance of establishing a medical staff culture that supports and embraces peer review. Without this support, even the most logistically...
As hospitals and health systems continue to employ more physicians, special considerations must be taken into account with the peer review process. Rachel Remaley, JD, a partner at Horty, Springer & Mattern, P.C., in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently discussed the peer...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
In order to be compliant with The Joint Commission’s requirements of establishing and tracking practitioner competency using measurable data, MSOs must apply and adopt a standard framework defining the dimensions of privileged practitioners’ performance.
But just like all healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
Four lawsuits were recently filed against UC Health, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and West Chester Hospital for allowing a spine surgeon perform unnecessary procedures. According to the Cincinnati Business Currier, Atiq Durrani, MD, was indicted on 46 federal charges in 2013,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
Last year, CMS updated key provisions of its medical staff Conditions of Participation. HCPro teamed up with Michael R. Callahan, Esq., to present a webcast on these changes. If you missed it the first time around, now is your chance to listen: HCPro will rebroadcast the webcast,...
