The exponential increase in the use of advanced practice professionals (APP) in ambulatory and acute care settings has increased patient access to care. However, this availability has put stress on the credentialing community. The C-suite, medical staff leaders, and MSPs struggle with...
Most medical staffs today are departmentalized in nature. Where departmentalization exists, a medical staff must take care to involve each...Read More »
Increasingly, mergers and acquisitions are making strange bedfellows of acute, ambulatory, and postacute care facilities. As these newly aligned...Read More »
The mix of definitions of advance practice professionals (APP) often causes confusion in organizations and medical staffs as they determine which...Read More »
As physician shortages grow, the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) applying for hospital and ambulatory privileges is rising rapidly...Read More »
In states where advanced practice professionals (APP) must practice under a physician’s tutelage, a collaborative or supervisory agreement may be...Read More »
Medical staff governing documents must articulate the standards that practitioners must meet to qualify for medical staff membership. In general, the list of qualifications will address the applicant’s background, experience, ability to perform requested privileges, training, and demonstrated...
