Access to care could be considered the theme of this week’s edition. One report shows that the United States received a D- on the American College of Emergency Physicians report card when it comes to access to emergency care. Another survey, based on data from the 2013 Commonwealth Fund...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 3
This headline on a recent blog post caught my eye. Briefly, the blog referred to a recent study in Medical Education that sought to find out whether medical student behavior, as seen on social media,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 2
More physicians are delaying retirement and practicing longer, and medical staffs across the country are wondering how to help physicians stay in practice longer while promoting quality care. The fact is, many medical staffs aren’t prepared for an aging physician population. If your organization...
After a soft launch in April 2013, the electronic credentialing verification offering from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), the Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (EPIC), is quietly ramping up. And that's according to plan, says William C. Kelly,...
Every medical staff has dealt with a version of this situation: A physician yells at a nurse during surgery or throws something in frustration. Suddenly the medical staff is faced with a problem: How do we deal with this potentially disruptive physician?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 1
The good news is there were no seismic shifts in medical staff accreditation standards in 2013. The less-good news is the uncertainty associated with the changes in healthcare that are coming in 2014 and beyond.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
This is the last edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider for the year. A big thank you for reading and contributing to this electronic resource! The coming year will have its share of anticipated regulatory changes, and no doubt there will be plenty of “unexpected news” in the medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 47
The evolution of healthcare has brought changes to career tracks and staff levels—some good, some not. CareerCast, an employment website, predicts that implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will lead to hiring for healthcare professionals in the very near future. CareerCast’s...
Communication—whether among physicians, between physicians and nurses, or between physicians and patients—remains central to the ongoing discussion of quality improvement in hospitals and how to build physician ownership and involvement.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12
Accountable care organizations (ACO) are touted as a way to lower Medicare costs and reward organizations for providing team-based quality patient care. Results have been mixed so far (see sidebar, p. 3), but entities continue to launch or join ACOs for several reasons. For many, it's...
