Medical Staff Professionals Week is all about celebrating the work done to improve and ensure patient safety and high-quality of care. Whether you are credentialing and privileging practitioners, ensuring compliance and regulatory standards,...
The movement of care from the inpatient setting and the rise of clinically integrated networks (CIN) have resulted in an increasing need to push the evaluation of physician quality into these new territories.
The Joint Commission’s (TJC) 2026 revisions to the Emergency Management (EM) chapter mark a reshuffling of element numbers and represent a strategic reframe of how hospitals approach readiness, risk, and survey alignment.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 34, Issue 10
Most of the bylaws we all operate under are essentially decades old so you're not alone in that regard. However, it is important to review your bylaws annually to make sure they are up to date and still applicable. If a "wholesale review" has not been done in the past five years or more, now is...
Hospital workplace violence prevention often comes with good intentions, but incomplete execution. Many hospitals today have crisis response plans on file and security teams on standby. But ask Josh Sullivan, chief operating officer of A.L.I.V.E. Active Shooter Survival Training...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 34, Issue 10
Consider fortifying focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) materials with provisions specifically for practitioners whose privileges have lapsed.
The Hardenbergh Group recently conducted a webinar on leadership orientation for medical staff leaders, involving oversight, accountability, and performance excellence. It was conducted by Anne Roberts, Esq., CPMSM, CPCS, system vice president of medical affairs operations at...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 34, Issue 10
The Supreme Court of New Jersey (the “Court”) recently affirmed that documents are discoverable in a case as long as the documents are related to adverse events. Two plaintiffs in two connected claims sued a hospital company for over eight counts of negligence, harm, etc., and sought out...
