Although civilian health systems operate under different governance structures and requirements, a recent initiative from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) offers lessons for organizations looking to standardize privileging across multiple hospitals.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
Organizations have a responsibility to continually evaluate the competency of providers—yet in today’s healthcare environment, they should not assume low volume is evidence of incompetence. Instead, low volume should be treated as a signal to examine the available evidence of a provider’s...
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to become the norm, credentialing professionals will need to determine what AI competency looks like, learn how expectations can vary, and establish processes for documentation and verification.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
A recent California appellate court decision addresses the evidentiary requirements necessary to sustain a claim against a hospital for negligent credentialing.
Nurse burnout is no longer just a workforce wellness issue. It is increasingly being viewed as a patient safety risk, with direct implications for care quality, communication, reliability, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
For years, provider enrollment has often been treated as a function that happened downstream from credentialing. Now, this separation is becoming harder to maintain.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
Family physicians may not make up the largest segment of every hospital's medical staff, but many of the workforce and administrative challenges they face mirror those affecting physicians across specialties.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 8
For credentialing professionals, Operation Nightingale serves as a reminder that credential verification is a foundational component of patient safety and organizational risk management.
