"This is not me being a dinosaur and refusing to move into the future. We are so overwhelmed by the administrative burden that we forget to step back and ask, 'Why are we doing this?' "
- Isabel Hoverman, MD, discusses how administrative burdens and costs—including the...
The city of Manteca, California (population 71,900), some 70 miles east of San Francisco, has seen its share of economic shifts. Doctors Hospital of Manteca (DHM) has seen some changes over the years as well. Marla Terrell, CPMSM, the hospital's director of medical staff...
Are your medical staff meetings lacking the attendance and meaningful participation? Our detailed list of tips will help you to have medical staff meetings that are efficient and effective.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
If you are struggling with questions related to peer review, privileging, and other medical staff functions, an allied health committee may be the answer.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
“The healthcare environment dynamic is changing rapidly, as is the practice of medicine. Progress and change is inevitable, but not at the expense of what we have already achieved and learned over the years. To ‘fix healthcare’ we need to ‘heal physicians first.’ “
- Bhupendra O....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 37
"[A]s we enter into clinical practice, physicians face the burdens of documentation and regulatory requirements that eat into the time that we should be spending on building relationships with our patients, which contributes to an ongoing erosion of our compassion."
- Rebekah...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 36
“At some point in almost every physician’s career, we had a powerful desire to help others. When suffering burnout, many of us become so disillusioned by our failure to achieve these aspirations that our passion is replaced by a strong contempt, bordering on hatred, for the profession we chose...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
Dr. Bea Cautious is a general surgeon who has submitted an application for initial appointment and privileges at The Best Medical Center. The MSP, Ms. Diligent, has been working the application, and all of the verifications and peer references have been completed and returned. However, a close...
Two years ago, the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) launched its online repository to provide medical staff offices a place to quickly find and upload primary source practitioner affiliation history. Since then, the NAMSS Practitioner Affiliation Sharing Source (NAMSS PASS)...
