This table provides an excellent overview of the opportunities of FPPE. Created by Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, the organization uses this table as a way to assist with the process of determining which activity would provide the best feedback, depending on the situation. Note the...
In Effective Peer Review, Third Edition, author Robert J. Marder, MD, discusses the importance of establishing a medical staff culture that supports and embraces peer review. Without this support, even the most logistically...
As hospitals and health systems continue to employ more physicians, special considerations must be taken into account with the peer review process. Rachel Remaley, JD, a partner at Horty, Springer & Mattern, P.C., in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently discussed the peer...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
In order to be compliant with The Joint Commission’s requirements of establishing and tracking practitioner competency using measurable data, MSOs must apply and adopt a standard framework defining the dimensions of privileged practitioners’ performance.
But just like all healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
Four lawsuits were recently filed against UC Health, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and West Chester Hospital for allowing a spine surgeon perform unnecessary procedures. According to the Cincinnati Business Currier, Atiq Durrani, MD, was indicted on 46 federal charges in 2013,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
Last year, CMS updated key provisions of its medical staff Conditions of Participation. HCPro teamed up with Michael R. Callahan, Esq., to present a webcast on these changes. If you missed it the first time around, now is your chance to listen: HCPro will rebroadcast the webcast,...
