In order to consider a change to core privileges, you should first examine the privilege delineation system currently in place at your organization. Most likely you will find many examples to bolster your case for a conversion to a criteria-based core privileging system. Areas that you want to...
A new law will make it harder for another Christopher Duntsch to practice medicine in Texas. HB 1998 was signed into law on June 13. The bill includes several new patient safety measures aimed at keeping bad physicians from flying under the radar and practicing in Texas.
In the interest of recruiting good physicians for the medical staff, the hospital, and the community, the physician recruitment division and the credentialing division need to be on the same page. Imagine this scenario: the recruiting division spends time and resources to recruit a specialist....
MSPs sometimes feel compelled to send an application to department chairs or to the credentials committee even though the application is incomplete. Frequently, the pressure comes from one of the following sources:
Physicians who want their new partner approved so he or she can take
For physicians, the risk of being sued by a patient is low in the short term but increases the longer they practice, according to data from the AMA’s Physician Practice Benchmark Surveys.
For the most part, the physician health committee is composed of senior medical staff members who are respected by their colleagues for their fairness and wisdom and who have a passion for patient safety and physician advocacy.
Physicians who are doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO) generate similar results on key indicators of quality and cost of care, a new research article says.
Physicians in Kentucky and Tennessee have the highest median salaries in the country with $364,000, according to 2023 Physician Compensation Report released by Physician Thrive, a financial advisory group for physicians.
Human nature contributes to bias by allowing us to use psychological “shortcuts” to reduce complexity and ambiguity in the world. We all wish that life were simpler, and our brains try to accommodate this wish by finding shortcuts to decisions by relying on past patterns of thinking. This...
When preparing for medical staff or committee meetings, the first form you should consider developing is a meeting checklist to help you ensure all preparations are made.
