A team from University Health Systems is this year's CRC Excellence in Medical Staff Collaboration award winner. In the words of nominator, Barbara Warstler, MBA, CPMSM, FASPR, "We have worked together for approximately 7 years. During this time, we have accomplished amazing things! Together, we...
Cassie L. Kana, CPMSM, CPCS, is the medical staff operations coordinator at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. In this role, which she assumed in 2015, Kana is responsible for increasing efficiency in the credentialing process, overseeing governance documents,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 1
Telemedicine is becoming more prevalent than in years past as hospital administrators look to technology and collaborative opportunities to make services accessible to patients. As the leader of a central verification office within a large health system, I am often brought into discussions about...
This week, the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) is celebrating the 2018 CRC Contest winners. These professionals leverage their deep expertise across a broad range of medical staff services and leadership functions, have...
In a credentialing-by-proxy arrangement, does the originating site have to actually grant clinical privileges to the telemedicine practitioner, or is it sufficient that the hospital/telemedicine entity dispatching the practitioner (“distant site”) has granted him or her privileges?
Disruptive professional behavior—it’s an old problem that’s been receiving a lot of renewed attention. It seems as though news breaks every day about the alleged sexual misconduct of yet another prominent figure in Hollywood or Washington D.C. Sexual harassment is one specific branch in a larger...
