Telepsychiatry shows promise as a way for hospitals to deliver scarce services to vulnerable patients, particularly in medically underserved areas. Often, telepsychiatry enables practitioners to evaluate and treat people who otherwise might not receive mental healthcare. For most organizations,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
Most medical staff services professionals build their careers on helping their hospital medical staffs avoid situations that could lead to accusations of negligent credentialing. Yet the credentialing knowledge and expertise they amass can make them uniquely capable expert witnesses in negligent...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
The following questions and answers are from the recent HCPro webcast, "FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges," presented by Todd Sagin, MD, JD, national director of Sagin Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and HG Consultants, LLC.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
Want to revisit your favorite article or form from last year? Browse through the Credentialing Resource Center Journal story index for 2015 to find what you need.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
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 25, Issue 1
Maggie Palmer, MSA, CPMSM, CPCS, FACHE, presented "MSP Competencies" at NAMSS' 39th Annual Educational Conference and Exhibition, held in Seattle in October. The following is adapted from her presentation. Part one, which appeared in last month's CRCJ, included the...
