Medical staff service professionals and hospital leaders have long asked what is reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) when taking disciplinary action against a physician. The NPDB is a centralized database overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that...
Trust in the U.S. healthcare system took a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic as many members of the general public struggled with misinformation and conflicting medical advice and guidelines, particularly those in his-torically marginalized communities. These communities were already vulnerable...
The standards in The Joint Commission’s Medical Staff chapter focus mainly on governance and organization of the medical staff, credentialing and privileging licensed independent practitioners, and overseeing the clinical activities of those practitioners.