The Joint Commission’s time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care, treatment, and services has been updated from two years to three years.
By having your medical staff members fill out a conflict of interest disclosure form every year, the medical staff will be kept abreast of any relationships that might be considered a conflict. Here is some sample conflict of interest policy language you can customize for your own organization’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 11
The conviction of former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught in March for negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult due to a medical error made headlines nationwide. Organizations such as the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and the American...
Hospitals made strides in patient safety in the past decade, according to information collected from the Leapfrog Group. The nonprofit watch dog estimates that about 16,000 lives were saved over the last 10 years due to these improvements.
In commemoration of Medical Staff Services Awareness Week earlier this month and Thanksgiving next week, Credentialing Resource Center would like to take a moment to say thank you for all you do to keep patients safe and things running smoothly at your organizations. In honor of this special...
