Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer theoretical in medical staff services. It is embedded in credentialing software, file review systems, committee dashboards, automated pending letters, and quality data tracking.
Hospitals across the country are spending record amounts on healthcare, and many are quick to trim down on staff in response to increasing financial pressures. However, doing so will quickly erode hospital quality and patient safety.
A directive ordered state agencies and public institutions of higher education to immediately halt new H-1B visa sponsorships without written permission from the Texas Workforce Commission.
Succession planning has long been a looming concern in medical staff services, but the urgency is getting harder to ignore. Leaders are aging out. Career moves can be sudden. And the next generation of staff and leaders often approach work, technology, and communication in fundamentally...
When asked how they began their career in medical staff services, many MSPs have stated that the job “just fell into their lap.” Many MSPs and credentialing professionals, especially those who have been in the profession for a long time, didn’t have a lot of formal education or training that...
Your organization’s medical staff bylaws and/or credentialing policies and procedures set the actual criteria for credentials committee membership. Although it’s good to enumerate some basic requirements for membership, it’s also worthwhile to note that more effective credentials committee...
The Joint Commission’s (TJC) Accreditation 360 initiative rolled out in mid-2025, restructuring how standards are written, organized, referenced, and ultimately surveyed. The initiative shifts significant detail into the newly expanded Survey Process Guide (SPG) documents and creates an entirely...
There are many things that organizations must determine when it comes to using telemedicine providers. Once these determinations have been made, medical staffs must turn to their bylaws to see what new language must be incorporated into the medical staff bylaws. Although these decisions are made...
At her first medical staff services conference, Sara Cameron heard a story that many medical staff professionals eventually encounter. “They started talking about this gentleman, Michael Swango, a serial killer physician,” she recalls. “And I was like, ‘Oh, I know him.’ ”
To explore where hospitals are falling short in patient safety and what truly works at the bedside, we spoke with Vicki Huber, chief nursing officer at Atlas Mobility.
