Telepsychiatry is much more accepted now than it was a few years ago, according to Jack Cahalane, PhD, MPH, chief of the general adult service line and director of telepsychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
It's been more than two decades since William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, teamed up with a vascular surgeon and four MSPs to develop a comprehensive set of medical staff bylaws in 90 days, but it's an experience he won't soon forget.
The 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium kicks off next Thursday in Orlando. If you’re already registered, don’t forget to pack your sunscreen because the weather forecasts says it’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 12
Each year, HCPro conducts the MSP Salary Survey to measure the compensation rates, professional duties, and other workplace trends that shape medical staff services departments across the country. With this information, we develop timely resources that align with MSPs’...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
Are you a physician leader with advice to share? If so, we want to hear from you. Medical Staff Briefing, our monthly subscription newsletter, is looking for physicians to write a quarterly column about issues affecting your medical staff. If it is a problem...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 10
Our 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium is less than a month away. If you plan to join us April 7-8 at the Orlando Hyatt Regency, time is running out to book a room at the discounted...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 9
HCPro is researching a book that would include peer review benchmarking data and case studies from organizations who have revamped their peer review programs. The focus will be actual short and long term impacts of implementing practices intended to make peer review less...
HCPro's annual MSP Salary Survey asks respondents to name the entities that accredit their organization. Since 2012, the percentage of respondents who have selected DNV GL has doubled, from 4% of respondents to 8% in 2015. DNV GL entered the accreditation fray in 2008, when it was granted...
A case that will soon be heard by the Oregon Supreme Court may decide whether patients in the state can seek damages in medical malpractice lawsuits based on physicians’ actions that reduce the possibility of a better outcome, known as the “loss of chance” theory.
