Does your mind often swim with tasks that need to be completed? Do you find yourself constantly switching between tasks as they come into mind? Do you start projects but can't remember if you've completed them? If you are nodding in agreement while eyeing sticky note-covered...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 2
If you have an A doctor for a chief of staff, hopefully he or she can attract A's and A-pluses. They could then, in theory, be more objective in supervising proctoring, reviewing quality data outcomes, and completing reference questionnaires.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 1
The value of verifying a provider's hospital affiliations was a hot topic at the 2012 NAMSS conference, with multiple references to the immense value of this rather low-yield credentialing tool. Conversely, many MSPs question the value of continuing this industry standard due to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 5
I’m sitting in my office, head in one hand, mocha in the other, trying to fulfill the request for privileging criteria, P&P, and an introduction letter to our medical staff for a procedure that is new to our facility and quite the stranger to me. The feeling of being stranded on a remote...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 12
On December 16, the EEOC added a section on how the COVID-19 vaccination interacts with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) to its publication titled “What You...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 4
As the novel coronavirus remains a threat across the globe, healthcare organizations should brush up on procedures for handling and sharing protected health information (PHI) during the outbreak of an infectious disease.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 7
A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) made headlines late last year when it proclaimed that overlapping surgeries didn’t increase the risk of postop complications. The...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 10
Teamwork. Partnership. Alliance. Relationship. Cooperation. These are a few of the words listed in the thesaurus as synonyms for “collaboration.” I would like to add a few more ideas to that list: trust building, idea sharing, a path to improvement, synergy, and success.