The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plans to pilot a patient harm reporting system in 2013. The Office of Inspector General estimates that one in four Medicare patients suffers harm while under a practitioner’s care, reports HealthLeaders Media in a recent article. The...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 45
The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., invites you to an engaging and informative seminar experience at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, Calif., Jan. 24-26, 2013.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 45
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Medical Staff Leader Connection will not be published next week. I hope that you also will take some away from work to enjoy your friends and families. Happy Thanksgiving from HCPro!
Karen Kondilis
Credentialing Editor...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 45
In talking about which items to keep on the regular agenda of the medical executive committee (MEC), last week we said to limit strategic reports to only those needing discussion. There are reports that you do not want to limit though: reports from departments on key initiatives and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 44
The Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of physicians, by protecting them from being sued by victims of physicians’ patients. According to amednews.com, the court said physicians owe no duty to non-patients who are harmed because of a patient’s medical condition. In its ruling, the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 44
Before creating a website, Lynette Fisher, CPMSM, CPCS, medical staff coordinator at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont., recommends examining existing systems in the medical staff services department (MSSD) and seeing what would save the most time and money if completed electronically....
