Precisely at the time that hospitals need engaged medical staff leaders, physician interest in undertaking these endeavors is rapidly waning. In many hospitals, there are simply too few incentives, too little personal satisfaction, and not enough additional time and money to be made to readily...
Peer review committee chairpersons or members often do not receive any kind of structured training to do their job. Typically, new members may have the support staff briefly go over the required tasks. Peer review committee meetings are prolonged, and reviewers struggle to perform, evaluate, and...
Although the peer review coordinator is involved throughout the case review process, the coordinator has the primary responsibility at the beginning of case review and through the following four steps: case identification, case screening, review preparation, and physician reviewer assignment. It...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 10
A California Court of Appeals for Division Seven of the Second Appellate District reversed and remanded with directions a trial court’s decision, finding that the terms of an agreement between a physician and hospital cannot be enforced when they conflict with a state-mandated procedure.
Granting a practitioner a leadership title does not make him or her a leader. However, an individual who is selected or elected to be a department chairperson, medical staff officer, or committee chair is expected to provide significant leadership. But leadership entails more than chairing a...
The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) team is going to the NAMSS Conference! Stop by Booth 213 to peruse the latest and greatest HCPro medical staff and credentialing resources, earn an exclusive discount, and enter our numerous raffles! See you there!
