Credentialing leaders are navigating constant system change, staffing shortages, and growing expectations from hospital leadership—all while maintaining the compliance and patient safety responsibilities at the core of medical staff services.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer theoretical in medical staff services. It is embedded in credentialing software, file review systems, committee dashboards, automated pending letters, and quality data tracking.
Hospitals across the country are spending record amounts on healthcare, and many are quick to trim down on staff in response to increasing financial pressures. However, doing so will quickly erode hospital quality and patient safety.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 3
In this Q&A, Julie Siemers, MD, author and nurse educator, shares insights on what hospitals can do structurally to ensure patient voices lead to real change.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 3
In a recent case, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin confronted physician employment disputes, ultimately concluding that concerns about patient safety—not disability or retaliation—drove the employer’s decisions.
A directive ordered state agencies and public institutions of higher education to immediately halt new H-1B visa sponsorships without written permission from the Texas Workforce Commission.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 3
Succession planning has long been a looming concern in medical staff services, but the urgency is getting harder to ignore. Leaders are aging out. Career moves can be sudden. And the next generation of staff and leaders often approach work, technology, and communication in fundamentally...
When asked how they began their career in medical staff services, many MSPs have stated that the job “just fell into their lap.” Many MSPs and credentialing professionals, especially those who have been in the profession for a long time, didn’t have a lot of formal education or training that...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 3
Ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) is nearly two decades into its life as an accreditation expectation, yet many organizations still treat it like a recurring paperwork cycle instead of a clinical-risk early warning system.
