Physician engagement is one of the greatest keys to the success of a healthcare organization and cannot be ignored, says Rosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS, medical staff coordinator of St. Anthony Hospital/OrthoColorado Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado. While many methods for boosting...
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announced this week that its board of directors unanimously voted to extend its current suspension of the Practice Assessment, Patient Voice, and Patient Safety requirements in its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program until at least the end of...
Credentials committee meetings routinely include discussions of sensitive information. How much of that information—if any—should go into the committee’s meeting minutes? Christina Giles, CPMSM, MS, a medical staff consultant and Credentialing Resource Center editorial advisor...
Many MSPs have questions regarding what information to keep and how long to store it. Although credentials files should be permanently retained, some items within the files may be purged. As far as storage location, files should be kept in the medical staff services department for two years past...
Privileging disputes, reappointment challenges, and communication lapses can make it difficult to exercise credentialing and privileging best practices. During the webcast,...
This week, CRC Daily dives into the world of medical staff and physician leadership. Today’s excerpt from The Medical Executive Committee Manual arms MEC members with an easy step-by-step process for developing effective practitioner performance reports.
