This week’s edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider features a brief about a hospital forming its own police department. I feel like every few weeks I hear about another violent incident at a hospital. With this in mind, is forming a police...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 1
For those of you who have not already registered for the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium, I’d like to let you know the early bird discount has been extended to Friday, January 30. For more information about the symposium or to register,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 1
During a recent webcast, "Medical Staff Governance Documents: The Increasing Importance of Contemporary Bylaws," Todd Sagin, MD, JD, offered guidance for differentiating among rules, regulations, policies, and bylaws. Following are questions and answers from this webcast.
The recent revelation that a physician in Maryland had been practicing for nearly two decades in the state despite being convicted of rape has brought renewed attention to the issue of whether state medical boards should require criminal background checks for physicians.
Editor's note:Militsa Ruiz, CPCS, vice president of software integration at CredLink and president/CEO of Cambridge Verification worked with a hospital in Costa Rica to set up credentialing and privileging standards that would meet Joint...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 50
In observance of the holidays, Medical Staff Leader Insider won’t be published for the next two weeks. The next edition will arrive in your inbox on January 8, 2015. Since this is the last edition of the year, let me know what you thought...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 49
HCPro is working on a new book about focused professional practice evaluations (FPPE) and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for this book is to feature the policies, dashboards, indicator lists, and other forms your organization uses to...
When properly conducted, peer review can be an effective process to improve the quality of care provided by physicians. It generally involves the evaluation of a physician's clinical competence or professional conduct by a committee of the physician's peers. To be effective,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 12
In a traditional medical staff services department (MSSD), everyone works in the same building, often in the same office. However, that is starting to change, and MSPs must be prepared to work on or manage virtual teams, according to a session at the NAMSS National Educational...
