The consequences of not setting sufficient rules as to who can be granted privileges at a given hospital are frequent fodder for credentialing professionals, medical staff leaders, and legal counsel. But what happens when we go too far in the opposite direction? Overly...
The best of hospital leadership take an active interest and role in safety and quality at their facility, an attitude that can help quality improvement departments, accreditation coordinators, and others who live and breathe process improvement institute the changes necessary to...
Patient Bobby Willison brought suit against Dr. Prabhakar Pandey, MD, and Western Maryland Health System (WMHS), alleging that Pandey had negligently treated Willison.
The consequences of not setting sufficient rules as to who can be granted privileges at a given hospital are frequent fodder for credentialing professionals, medical staff leaders, and legal counsel. But what happens when we go too far in the opposite direction? Overly...
Radiologist Richard Chesbrough, MD, entered into a contract with Visiting Physicians Association (VPA) to interpret images created by VPA's technologists during in-home visits.
There are two potential means to reduce the potential negative impact of a credentialing decision. First, for employed physicians, a hospital may consider including specific contractual remedies in employment contracts with physicians who allege some type of...
