Residents and fellows who are working in the hospital in a capacity outside their training programs must be credentialed using the medical staff process. If they are still in their training period, they do not qualify for medical staff membership because they have not completed their training.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 45
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 45
Medical staffs that try to enforce attendance requirements usually find it a frustrating endeavor. Few are willing to remove a physician from the staff for failing to meet medical staff meeting requirements.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 45
This week’s Free Form Friday giveaway is a focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) form for newly requested privileges. It was submitted by Angela Stokes-Middleton, CPCS, manager in the office of medical staff affairs at Hoboken (NJ) University Medical Center. Angela says that she uses...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 45
Disruptive and impaired physicians can put patients at risk, create an uncomfortable working environment, and undermine the medical staff’s culture. If you have a disruptive or impaired physician on your medical staff, check out...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 45
Most candidates will expect some paid time off for vacation. Yet, as the seven-on/seven-off work schedule becomes more popular, vacation time has become less of a given.
