If you are attending the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) conference next week, make sure to stop by booth #114 to visit HCPro. My editorial and marketing colleagues will be there to answer any medical staff/credentialing questions you have as well as show...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
It's important to keep committee members up to speed on new developments in privileging criteria, the status of practitioners, and other key information. If a disconnect does exist, MSPs and medical staff leadership have some options for reconnecting committee activities with expectations.
A medical staff meeting agenda is more than just a piece of paper with an aesthetically pleasing outline. It is a tool to make your meetings efficient and informative, which in turn will keep medical staff involvement in these meetings high. Coordinating meetings and setting agendas usually...
This week the Institute of Medicine released its report on improving diagnosis in healthcare. According to the report, about 5% of adults in this country experience a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 37
If you missed (or can’t wait to go again) our 2015 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas, mark your calendar now for the 2016 event, to be held April 7-8, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. Join us for two days of valuable education and training, taught by leading...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
Nine states had passed the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Interstate Medical Licensure Compact legislation when CRCJ spoke with Humayun Chaudhry, DO, MACP, president and CEO of the FSMB. The Compact won't mean the end of current licensing processes...
In April 2015, the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) published its first new guidebook in 13 years. It includes a significant expansion of the NPDB's definition of an investigation with direct impact on reporting requirements for physicians or dentists who resign while under investigation...
