The good news is that professional practice evaluation programs are becoming more meaningful and relevant and, as a result, they are having more positive effects on quality of care. However, this evolution also presents challenges to organizations, whose traditional approaches may no longer...
CRC members can peruse all of the online articles from the September 2018 issues of Credentialing REsource Center Journal and Medical Staff Briefing—as well as full-color PDFs—here:
If you receive an application from a practitioner requesting privileges that he or she did not hold at his or her previous hospital, don’t deny the request based on that fact alone. Instead, ask the practitioner questions such as the following:
Be caring and compassionate to all people. And work on communication and emotional intelligence—it’s more useful in the end than knowing every nerve in the body.
Q: Should we specify in our bylaws that only active staff members will take call?
Michael R. Callahan, JD, senior partner in the Health Care Practice Group Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Illinois: EMTALA requires that hospitals provide ED services in all areas and...
