Simulation training is not a new concept in healthcare, but as medical education and practices become more metrics-based, this kind of training is taking on new roles in competence assessment. Teaching hospitals and medical schools on the front lines report expanding interest from physicians...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 10
When hospitals acquire practices and clinics, the medical staff services department (MSSD) faces credentialing and privileging questions. Will physicians in newly acquired clinics be considered members of the hospital medical staff? Will they be credentialed by the hospital's medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 39
A Dorchester, Massachusetts woman faces up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges related to offering unlicensed lip and buttock augmentation injections using Colombian massage oil.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 39
A judge recently approved a $190 million settlement that John Hopkins has agreed to pay to settle claims that a gynecologist, Nikita Levy, secretly filmed and photographed patients during examinations
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 39
“Doctors need some quiet, down time, some time to think, to pay attention. We need to create our own boundaries between our personal and professional lives that are respected. We need to think we can get away, to regroup, have some quiet time for ourselves or with a patient, even for...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 39
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015 for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. We have a great group of speakers lined up: Hugh Greeley; Todd Sagin, MD, JD; Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS;...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 38
Medical staffs are discovering their governance documents are inadequate for today’s care environment. These trusted documents may now fail to provide clear guidance, be noncompliant with accreditation standards, or create liability for the hospital. However, a full bylaws...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 38
According to the National Health Interview Survey, the number of Americans without health insurance fell by 3.8 million during the first quarter of the year, which represented an 8 percent decrease. Approximately 41 million people remain uninsured.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 38
A joint study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Premier, Inc., found that redundant and unnecessary use of antibiotics may have cost U.S. hospitals $163 million, as well as increase risks to patient safety.
