The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (the "Court") vacated a pair of lower court rulings, finding that documents in a physician's credentialing file and from the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) were protected from disclosure in a lawsuit claiming corporate negligence against a hospital....
As seen in countless ways over nearly the past two years, how healthcare is delivered has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus spread throughout the U.S., the healthcare sector faced unique challenges to support their practitioners and keep patients safe. Although the pandemic...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 11
Like most other healthcare staff, MSPs have been on an incredibly challenging and turbulent journey for almost two years. As we get ready to head into a new year, it’s a good time to assess the skills and traits it’s going to take to thrive, move ahead, and continue to work effectively with your...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 11
Accreditation survey results released by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care’s (ACHC) HFAP brand show that ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) continue to struggle with their credentialing and privileging policies and procedures.
One of the more critical issues impacting healthcare providers today is physician suicides, as discussed by University of Iowa professors Diane S. Rohlman, PhD, of the department of Occupational & Environmental Health, and Gerard Clancy, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry and emergency...
Depending on the structure of an organization, medical staff leadership may often change as department chairs, vice presidents of medical affairs, medical directors, and others come and go.
In these situations, it's the MSP—along with the established policies, procedures...
For a hospital and its medical staff to be truly successful in today’s challenging environment, each must take a proactive and win-win approach to improving physician-hospital relations. The truly successful organization is characterized by better solutions to achieving high-quality patient care...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 10
COVID-19 sent employees across the world back to their homes to do work. Healthcare administrative teams have had to rely on a strong digital workplace to power their processes. That’s required a team effort from technology professionals, including not just IT, but also those who use software...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 10
The Arizona Court of Appeals (the "Court") affirmed a superior court's ruling for summary judgment in favor of a hospital's chief of cardiology and health system's general counsel against a physician's claims of defamation.
The plaintiff, cardiologist Seyed Mohsen Sharifi Takieh, MD (“...
