Finding a lack of resources and tools that provide direction on clinical documentation for physicians, Joseph Cristiano, MD, assistant professor of general internal medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, set out to educate himself about the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 2
Although the fear of lawsuits runs deep in many facilities, MSPs are very rarely named in these lawsuits. "The bad news is, you're most certainly going to get sued as an organization," says Dan Mulholland, attorney with Horty, Springer, and Mattern, P.C., in Pittsburgh,...
The First District Appellate Court of Florida (the "Court") recently overturned an order compelling a hospital to turn over occurrence reports, holding that by operation of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
“When engagement scores are low, physicians take little pride in the hospital, would not recommend it to a job-seeking colleague, and believe that the hospital’s mission and vision are not in sync [with] the needs of patients.”
- Richard Gunderman, MD, discusses low...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
“I don't think it is the demands of being a physician—responding to a code, considering a puzzling diagnosis, or holding a hand through the night—that leads to burnout. I think it is all the non-physician things we do that are slowly eroding our profession and our passion.”
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
“The whole idea is of being present in the task you are in, the relationship you are in, being mindful of what's going on right then instead of feeling the pressure of yesterday or the uncertainty of tomorrow.”
- Sandra Argenio, MD, discusses using compassion to combat...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
Most medical staff services professionals build their careers on helping their hospital medical staffs avoid situations that could lead to accusations of negligent credentialing. Yet the credentialing knowledge and expertise they amass can make them uniquely capable expert witnesses in negligent...
The Second District Court of Appeal of Florida (the "Court") has held that external peer review reports are not discoverable because they do not fall within the scope of the amendment of the state's constitution that preempts Florida's peer review privilege. Approved by Florida voters in 2004,...
Are pre-applications necessary? Are organizations still using them? Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, discuss the pros and cons of preapplications.
