Medical staff leaders often step into their new role with a desire to help improve processes at their organization but without training to do so. Expecting medical staff leaders to learn as they go is a mistake, according to most physician leader experts.
“There is a running joke that physicians spend years of grueling and intense medical training to end up clicking their mouse or signing piles of paperwork rather than seeing and caring for patients.”
About one-half of physicians reported feeling burned out, according to a recent Medscape survey. The survey found some variation in burnout rates based on physicians’ race and ethnicity. With...
This week, CRC Daily covers medical staff leadership and governance. When new medical staff leaders step into their new roles, one of the many duties they take on is playing a part in the credentialing process. Although a physician has been on your medical staff and has gone through the...
A woman posing as a doctor in training successfully infiltrated the medical staff ranks at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston last year, according to an...
Provisional credentialing is an optional process that a health plan may incorporate into its credentialing policy. This process provides a managed care organization with the ability to add practitioners to its network prior to completing the full credentialing process. The intention of...
