Typically, recommendations for external peer review (EPR) arise from peer review committees that are faced with issues they can't resolve-lack of specialty expertise, conflicts of interest and other potential legal or credibility issues.
About 70% of physicians in a 400-person survey from Jackson Physician Search reported being actively disengaged from their employers. The survey took place between October and November 2020. Fifty four percent of physicians in the survey noted they are planning to make an employment change, with...
Committees such as medical executive, credentials, and peer review have traditionally been composed of physician members and administrative representatives. However, your facility may choose to extend committee membership to non-physician practitioners. The following are some questions that...
Hospital and health system leaders say provider burnout, disengagement, and physician shortages are the most disruptive forces that healthcare organizations are facing, according to a report from AMN Healthcare.
This year, the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium and the National Provider Enrollment Forum have teamed up to provide you the best of two incredible virtual conferences. This four-day event delves into the complex processes involved in credentialing, privileging, peer review, and...
Physician leaders are not always able to access training before they take on their new role. However, there are a few actions they can take now that will help ease them into their new roles. The following 10 tips from ...
New York Physician George Blatti, MD, is facing second-degree murder charges after his prescribing practices allegedly led to the deaths of five patients. According to Nassau County District Attorney, Madeline Singas, Blatti is charged with five counts of second-degree murder and 11 counts of...
The two most important medical staff committees in the credentialing process are the medical executive committee (MEC) and the credentials committee. The latter is not a required committee, and some smaller hospitals have the MEC carry out all credentialing tasks. Where a credentials committee...
As a Credentialing Resource Center member, you know that each week we strive to deliver timely news, in-depth analysis, and actionable guidance in our two flagship publications, Medical Staff Briefing and Credentialing Resource Center Journal. Effective with our April issues,...
The role electronic health records (EHR) play in clinician burnout was not accurately predicted, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
