The real challenge on the outpatient side comes when we try to apply the principles of inpatient privileging to the ambulatory world. Many organizations have only a vague idea of what clinical activity is going on in physician office practices
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 12
With a few word changes, the six core competencies for clinicians can become six core competencies for MSPs. You can customize these core competencies to gauge your own job performance and to help others understand the importance of what you do and what you can offer to your organization.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
At our facility, the provider onboarding process has become every employee's responsibility and privilege. If you read my column in the May issue of CRCJ, you know that we have been working on this process. We assessed the changes we had made with a new physician survey and feedback...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
Broccoli and meetings have something in common—both elicit the response "ugh!" from me. However, like broccoli, meetings have a value: They strengthen the medical staff.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) is gearing up to ease telepsychology via an interstate compact process for providers. The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) is envisioned as an interstate practice compact to facilitate telehealth and temporary face...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 8
By nature, I am an easygoing person and do not like to give a lot of direction, especially to the medical staff leaders that I "coach." I like to use the word coach because the medical staff members are the stars, and I believe that we, as medical staff services professionals, need to let them...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
After many years of spending too much time attending meetings, listening to the same reports, and granting department status to any group of two or more physicians, we were ready for a change.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 5
More MSPs reported making more than $30,000 in the 2014 survey than in previous years, but two-thirds of respondents said their department has not expanded during the past three years. Are MSPs doing more work for the same money?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 4
The presence of APPs in hospitals has grown exponentially during the past decade. For purposes of this policy, advanced practice professionals (APP) are defined as physician assistants (PA) and advanced practice registered nurses, with this latter group including certified registered nurse...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
One of the biggest challenges facing hospital medical staffs today is obtaining sufficient information to accurately document practitioner competency. It is easy to confirm that a practitioner held medical staff appointment at a healthcare facility and whether or not he or she...
