Policies and procedures are one tool the medical staff can use to ensure the quality of care provided by members of the medical staff/practitioners privileged at the organization. Solid policies and procedures make it clear to everyone involved that there are standards in place that will be...
Clinical documentation may not be the most exciting topic, but changes to the healthcare landscape are bringing further attention to its importance. Without proper documentation training, physicians can put their patients and facility at risk, as well as negatively impact their facility's bottom...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
The practice of concurrent surgery is common and has been accepted for so long that it might be happening in a hospital without anyone other than the surgical team taking note. Herein lies a very important point: What are the responsibilities of healthcare leaders to know such a practice is...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
“We are concerned about reports of patients not being informed that they may be sharing their surgeon with another patient, and we are especially concerned by reports that, in some cases, steps have been taken to actively conceal this practice from patients.’’
- Senator Orrin G....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
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The Joint Commission doesn’t specify which type of privileging a facility must use. Instead, the commission’s language indicates that core privileges must:
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
A patient who accused a nurse of sexually assaulting her is suing the hospital that hired the nurse. The female patient claims that Humble (Texas) Surgical Hospital did not perform adequate background checks on Kelly Joe Bunyard. She also claims the hospital did offer proper sexual misconduct...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
Later this month, New York will become the first state to require that all prescriptions be written electronically and to penalize physicians who fail to comply. The move is part of a 2012 state law, I-Stop, designed to help fight prescription opioid abuse.
