In 2007, The Joint Commission gave hospital medical staffs a gift: a framework to measure quality and provide practitioners with feedback. Finally, medical staffs can systematically improve practice patterns, systems of care, and patient outcomes by collecting data and setting targets.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 1
The Joint Commission announced Monday that, as part of its application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a number of changes will be made to the accreditation process. Many of the changes have resulted in added specificity to existing standards.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 1
Don’t divide your time between developing privileging forms from scratch and searching for a software system to support them. Instead, search for a two-for-one problem solver.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 1
With the 2009 Joint Commission leadership standards calling for organizations to create a culture of safety, clients often ask me how peer review fits in. After all, isn’t this the hospital’s problem since the requirement isn’t in the medical staff chapter of the Comprehensive Accreditation...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 48
Last week, Medical Staff Leader Connection reported that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated its hospital Conditions of Participation. We’d like to clarify this report.
