Clinician shortages are gaining ground across the country, adding new urgency to a long-standing pursuit in the medical staff services department (MSSD): striking the ideal balance between quality and efficiency.
The Illinois Supreme Court (the "Court") recently upheld an appellate court's decision that two hospitals had to turn over a physician's staff privilege applications to the plaintiffs suing for negligent credentialing because the documents are not privileged under the Health Care Professional...
Concurrent or overlapping surgery is not new; however, there are relatively few regulations or policy statements from regulatory agencies or professional bodies that specifically address this issue, other than those from CMS concerning reimbursement. Because of this lack of guidance, healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 13
With the threat posed by stress and burnout to physicians’ well-being and clinical performance, hospital leaders must cultivate physician resilience. Recently at Huron Healthcare’s 2016 CEO Forum, Wayne Sotile, PhD, founder of the Center for Physician Resilience, made the following...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 12
Due to possible health risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed a ban on most powdered medical gloves. According to the FDA, the powdered gloves “pose an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury.”
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
The practice of concurrent surgery is common and has been accepted for so long that it might be happening in a hospital without anyone other than the surgical team taking note. Herein lies a very important point: What are the responsibilities of healthcare leaders to know such a practice is...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 10
To combat physician shortages and a growing number of patients due to the Affordable Care Act, several states are removing barriers to allow physician assistants (PA) to provide care with more autonomy.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 9
The Los Angeles Country Department of Health’s computers were recently the target of a cyberattack, but its operations were not affected. The department found ransomware—malware that locks access to files until a ransom is paid—on five of its computers.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 3
How many stacks of papers are currently on your desk? How much time do you spend searching through mounds of paper looking for one specific document? How much time and money does your department spend preparing and mailing documents each month? How much time do you spend filing papers, printing...
