Should teaching physicians, who are brought in to a hospital for short time periods to instruct others in using new equipment or techniques, be given temporary privileges? If a physician on staff requests an evaluation on a new surgical instrument by an outside physician, to ensure its proper...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
Our radiology department does a great job of bringing American College of Radiology (ACR) guidelines for credentialing to our attention. Do we have to adopt their published recommendations? If we don't, are we at risk for having to defend why we did not adopt them?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
The rise of locum tenens practitioners presents a variety of challenges: How many of a locum tenens' myriad past assignments should be verified? How can the process be streamlined, or at least be made less stressful? When everyone wants a practitioner to be brought on board as fast as possible,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
Musculoskeletal oncology is the subspecialty of orthopedic surgery that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with benign and malignant tumors of bone and connective soft tissues. This includes the diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care of patients with cancers that...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
At our facility, the provider onboarding process has become every employee's responsibility and privilege. If you read my column in the May issue of CRCJ, you know that we have been working on this process. We assessed the changes we had made with a new physician survey and feedback...
