The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently released their annual report that discusses the changes, impacts, and highlights of the medical regulation landscape over the course of the recent year. Their 2024 Annual Report...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 12
MSPs play a pivotal role in patient safety, ensuring that healthcare providers possess the necessary qualifications, competencies, and ethical standards to deliver high-quality care. They meticulously verify the credentials of physicians and other practitioners on a daily basis, upholding...
Although the structure of every organization varies, developing an OPPE program requires cross-departmental collaboration. The best way to facilitate collaboration is to create an OPPE task force composed of members from several departments.
A challenge that occurs for some medical staffs relates less to the granting of privileges than to the exercise of privileges. Departmental territorialism can occur within organizations and lead to many issues.
We asked our team of board members here at CRC what their highlights of the past year have been in regard to the medical staff services field, as well as the credentialing/privileging field. We also asked them what changes they hoped would come out of the field in 2025 and what...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 12
In an appeal case heard in Knoxville, a physician sued the hospital he had previously worked at for terminating his privileges and credentials after the hospital discontinued the specialized spine program that he performed surgeries for due to excessive costs and losses associated with the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 11
Artificial intelligence is increasingly impacting healthcare safety and compliance, offering tools for improving patient care and operational efficiency. Troy Lair, PhD, principal consultant of Elite Accreditation Consultants, caught up with Medical Environment Update for a Q&A on how AI is...
Bad leaders are roadblocks to patient care, but good leaders help it thrive. Effective leadership will be a vital part of patient safety and running a successful healthcare organization as we approach 2025 and continue to navigate rising levels of violence, artificial intelligence, nursing...
Physician leaders need to be recognized and rewarded for the work they do as physician leaders. There are many different kinds of rewards, both financial and non-financial. Here are some non-financial alternatives that hospitals have found to be helpful in recognizing those devoted physicians.
Across states and even across organizations, the scope of practice and responsibilities of a physician assistant (PA) can differ. This also means credentialing and privileging requirements will vary. MSPs and medical staff leaders must be aware of the specific requirements of their state and...
