There are many factors to consider during the credentialing process, and it is incumbent upon the hospital that is credentialing a new physician to undergo due diligence from a variety of sources.
Editor's note: This is the fourth and final article in MSB's allied health practitioner series by Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, of Furci Associates, LLC, in West Orange, N.J.
A Colorado court of appeals affirmed a trial court's decision that the "captain of the ship" vicarious liability doctrine does not apply in an emergency room setting and a physician is not vicariously liable for negligent acts committed in the emergency room by nonhospital...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 14
As multiple mid-level practitioners crowd around the operating room table, one profession stands out amid these often confusing and blurred roles: the registered nurse first assistant, otherwise known as the RNFA. An RNFA is an experienced perioperative (operating room) nurse who has completed...
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division granted summary judgment to Loyola University Medical Center and Suneel Nagda, MD, in a defamation claim brought by Alexander Chi, MD. Chi worked as a medical resident in the radiation...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 4
Editor's note: The following excerpt is adapted from Core Privileges for AHPs: Develop and Implement Criteria-Based Privileging for Nonphysician Practitioners, Second Edition, by Sally J. Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS. To order or for more information, visit...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 12
Premier Healthcare Alliance's data- and practice-sharing project, Quest, has saved 92,000 lives and $9.1 billion since 2007 through significant reductions in cost, mortality, and infections, the group says. Click on the link above to read more.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 11
Any healthcare job losses that do come as a result of sequestration will be "disproportionately low" in relation to other industry sectors says one economist. Click the link above to read more.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 3
