For credentialing professionals, Operation Nightingale serves as a reminder that credential verification is a foundational component of patient safety and organizational risk management.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 8
A recent court decision addressed the scope of Illinois' Medical Studies Act privilege and the evidentiary burden hospitals must satisfy when withholding credentialing and peer review documents from discovery.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 8
Hospitals invest heavily in accreditation readiness, communication protocols, and patient safety systems. But when a case moves into litigation, those same systems are examined through a different lens—not as policy, but as proof.