Patient safety conversations often center on hospital-acquired infections, falls, medication errors, and surgical complications. However, the industry is increasingly recognizing another source of preventable harm: failures in care coordination.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 10
When working with staffing vendors, it is important to have a contract in place that clearly states which party is responsible for various components of the credentialing process.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 10
Regulatory investigations, civil litigation, criminal enforcement actions, and reputational damage can all follow when hospitals fail to detect, document, and respond appropriately to controlled substance loss or misuse.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 10
A recent case examines the tension between a physician’s efforts to obtain information about a disputed recertification decision and the confidentiality protections afforded to medical peer review.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 10
Fragmented oversight across quality, risk, compliance, and patient safety can let warning signs go unnoticed until regulators or plaintiffs’ attorneys connect them after the fact. That same fragmentation can also affect malpractice exposure.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
Organizations have a responsibility to continually evaluate the competency of providers—yet in today’s healthcare environment, they should not assume low volume is evidence of incompetence. Instead, low volume should be treated as a signal to examine the available evidence of a provider’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
A recent California appellate court decision addresses the evidentiary requirements necessary to sustain a claim against a hospital for negligent credentialing.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
