In the past, physicians could apply to any hospital, and the chances of becoming a medical staff member and obtaining clinical privileges were pretty high. As long as a physician passed muster in terms of clinical competence, medical staffs left their doors wide open.
Physicians all over the country who are seeking to reenter the workforce are one step closer to having a defined path to follow. In January, the AMA issued "Physician Reentry to the Workforce: Recommendations for a Coordinated Approach," which offers recommendations to ...
To get the wheels turning on the 14th annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium, being held May 12-13 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, we've asked MSPs from across the country to submit self-made tools and forms that make their daily lives a little easier.
OB hospitalist programs (aka laborist programs) are taking the country by storm. At last count, Rob Olson, MD, FACOG, a laborist at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, WA, and editor and administrator of ObGynHospitalist.com,...
When a hospital experiences an adverse event or a near miss, it is the duty of everyone involved in the incident to find out exactly what happened and why. The first step in getting to the bottom of any incident is to conduct a root cause analysis (RCA). Generally, the quality...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 6
If a physician doesn’t have much activity in your hospital but is active at an ambulatory clinic or surgery center, current clinical competence can be determined in several ways.