Intensive care units (ICU) are among the most controlled clinical environments, but they also present unique security challenges. Review strategies for de-escalation, coordination with clinical teams, and more.
Structuring a clearly defined hospital process for new and special privileges is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, maintain patient safety, and protect against liability.
Whether it’s shifting verification and paperwork responsibilities, workforce shortages, provider onboarding delays, competency assessments, or interoperability challenges, medical staff services professionals contend with more than their share of change today.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 7
A recent decision by the North Carolina Court of Appeals underscores the expansive reach of collateral estoppel when parties are deemed to be in privity (i.e., in a substantive legal relationship) and have already effectively litigated the same issues.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 7
The shift to more outpatient care has also led to a shift in the infection preventionist role, as many are now responsible for multiple locations of different sizes and specialties.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 7
Mounting pressure from multiple directions is exposing weaknesses that surveys have flagged for years, but now with higher stakes. What once resulted in corrective action plans is increasingly resulting in repeat citations, condition-level findings, or downstream legal exposure.
Learn how to strengthen monitoring processes, improve payer enrollment performance, prepare for audits, and build a more proactive approach to provider data management without overwhelming already-stretched teams.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 6
Long hours, sleep deprivation, taxing and emotional patient care, constant supervision, and the transformation of theoretical knowledge into practice create a series of challenges that transform residents.
By the time credentialing gaps surface during an audit, they require significant work to be corrected. Files must be re-viewed, documentation must be reconciled, and processes must be reevaluated under pressure.
