In this Q&A, Julie Siemers, MD, author and nurse educator, shares insights on what hospitals can do structurally to ensure patient voices lead to real change.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 3
In a recent case, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin confronted physician employment disputes, ultimately concluding that concerns about patient safety—not disability or retaliation—drove the employer’s decisions.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 3
Ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) is nearly two decades into its life as an accreditation expectation, yet many organizations still treat it like a recurring paperwork cycle instead of a clinical-risk early warning system.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 2
Hospitals are under increasing scrutiny to keep patients safe from suicide, self-harm, and violent behavior—and CMS has just made its expectations for patient safety even clearer.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 2
For Brian Clark, BSN, MSNA, CRNA, credentialing became real the moment it stopped him from working. Clark entered his first credentialing experience confident in his clinical readiness and prepared to practice. What he did not anticipate was how quickly an administrative timing issue could...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 2
The Court of Appeals of the Eastern District of Missouri (the Court) both reversed and affirmed a circuit court’s decision regarding protected health information, sought by the attorney general of Missouri, of a transgender care center and its patients.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 2
