The California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District (the "Court"), affirmed a superior court's judgment that a hospital and several physicians being sued could not invoke the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute because most of the defendant's claims did not...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 5
Practically every role in a healthcare organization can stand to have a healthy relationship with the IT department. This includes MSPs. In the course of a routine day, MSPs often need to work with IT, or someone familiar with the facility’s IT infrastructure.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 4
New technology often poses a learning curve that can be intimidating and temporarily reduce efficiency while one learns to use it. MSPs are not immune to this experience, and what's hindering their advancement may be staring them in the face.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 3
Various accreditors require you to measure the competency of an advanced practice practitioner (APP), such as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, based on the work they’ve done recently at your organization. However, when APPs are low-volume practitioners, meaning they don’t see enough...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
Processing a practitioner’s reapplication for membership and privileges takes input, collaboration, and decision-making from several entities. Throughout the process, your organization must ensure that it addresses the many details of the process and that each stakeholder bears the appropriate...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
The surgery department chair walked into the medical staff services department and asked Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, to add the issue of aging physicians to the agenda of the department’s next meeting. Cairns was surprised. And naturally curious. This general surgeon was a highly respected member...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
It’s been almost a year since COVID-19 began to really take shape in the United States and affect hospitals, healthcare facilities and, of course, medical staffs. And it’s not over, naturally, just because we’re in a new year. MSPs know this all too well. What have been the biggest lessons for...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 1
The Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division Court (the “Court”) granted defendants’ motion to dismiss, finding that a plaintiff must adequately identify both the commercial market and the defendant’s detrimental effect on the market in order to succeed in an antitrust claim....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 1
Fitness, nutrition, sleep, and health. These important topics are often what drove many physicians to the field of medicine in the first place. Yet, ironically, it is difficult for physicians to nurture their own physical wellness on the path to becoming healers themselves. In this article, we...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 12
We continue our discussion on planning a move toward a just culture to improve patient safety. Last month we covered setting goals, educating the public, and identifying stakeholders and champions to raise awareness of your move to a just culture. Once you've completed those steps, there are a...
