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.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 2
At her first medical staff services conference, Sara Cameron heard a story that many medical staff professionals eventually encounter. “They started talking about this gentleman, Michael Swango, a serial killer physician,” she recalls. “And I was like, ‘Oh, I know him.’ ”
Bias is a common stumbling block to effective peer review. Bias can take a well-meaning committee that is truly focused on improvement and make it appear as if it is practicing sham peer review.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 1
To explore where hospitals are falling short in patient safety and what truly works at the bedside, we spoke with Vicki Huber, chief nursing officer at Atlas Mobility.
Performing credentialing process audits is similar to conducting patient record audits in that it is usually more productive to audit specific aspects of the process to answer specific questions. This is as opposed to attempting to audit an entire credentials file to address every possible...
The real transition in credentialing software lives in the details: data cleanup, workflow redesign, team retraining, communication, and ongoing provider education.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 1
