By 2025, it is predicted that there will be a shortage of between 124,000 and 160,000 full-time physicians, according to data presented at the National Cancer Policy Forum. Given the inevitable shortage, we are now seeing an increase in the number of allied health professionals (AHP) as the need...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 10
Consolidation. Integration. These words have become the way we see our profession evolving in the world of centralized verification organizations (CVO). No longer do medical staff professionals focus on their individual departmental roles and responsibilities. We now embrace the process of...
Congratulations! You have been appointed to a medical staff leadership position at your organization. You have had contact with the medical staff services department (MSSD) over the years, but on some level, you realize that you are not quite sure how the whole thing works. It is imperative that...
The Joint Commission is the latest healthcare heavy-hitter to call for better protection of healthcare workers, recently announcing the creation of Sentinel Event Alert 59, which addresses violence—physical and verbal—against healthcare workers. About 75% of workplace assaults occur in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 9
When people think about sexual harassment in medical settings, what often comes to mind is the stereotype of a male supervisor being inappropriate with a female staff member. One might also think of a male attending physician convincing a female resident to exchange sex for career advancement,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 9
While it’s important to deal with the negative impact that adverse events in healthcare settings have on patients and their families, the emotional toll of these events on healthcare professionals has gone unaddressed for too long. Due to the nature of their work, these professionals can be...
Largely thanks to smartphones and applications, social media sites are available from any location at any time, seemingly with no restrictions. But “no restrictions” doesn’t mean “anything goes,” especially not for healthcare workers. Just this past June, Georgia dermatologist...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 8
Proctoring and the performance of FPPE provides a valuable service to patients and the medical community. It protects patients and can help a colleague identify opportunities to improve the quality of the care he or she delivers. Many medical staff bylaws declare participation in...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 8
New Jersey has two types of “surgery centers.” Of the 300 registered surgery centers, about half are traditional licensed ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). They fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health. The other half are registered physician surgical practices, known as “one-...
