California will become the latest state to enact a law cracking down on physicians who engaged in sexual misconduct with a patient. The new law, which goes into effect January 2023, requires the state's medical board to permanently revoke the physician’s license.
For many organizations, an OPPE program is the first systematic process for large-scale practitioner performance improvement. Progress can be sidelined by this inexperience, or by an ineffective approach to selecting indicators, reviewing reports, and engaging practitioners.
Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of medical school applicants rose 17.8%, according to Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). While the number of applicants and first-year enrollees for the 2022-2023 school year has reverted to pre-pandemic levels, several traditionally...
If you chair meetings for your medical staff, or if you work with or supervise someone who does, you need to be aware of common meeting management styles. The chair’s meeting management style can have a tremendous impact on meeting attendance, participation, and outcomes. The most effective...
The Joint Commission will no longer use the term “licensed independent practitioner” in its hospital and critical access hospital standards. Starting February 19, 2023, the term “licensed practitioner” will be used.
According to a release on The Joint Commission’s website, “the revisions...
Who can be a credentials committee member? CMS and accrediting bodies only refer to the general function of a credentials committee. They do not specify the committee structure or provide requirements for membership on the committee. Your organization’s medical staff bylaws and/or credentialing...
The Joint Commission’s time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care, treatment, and services has been updated from two years to three years.
By having your medical staff members fill out a conflict of interest disclosure form every year, the medical staff will be kept abreast of any relationships that might be considered a conflict. Here is some sample conflict of interest policy language you can customize for your own organization’s...
Hospitals made strides in patient safety in the past decade, according to information collected from the Leapfrog Group. The nonprofit watch dog estimates that about 16,000 lives were saved over the last 10 years due to these improvements.
In commemoration of Medical Staff Services Awareness Week earlier this month and Thanksgiving next week, Credentialing Resource Center would like to take a moment to say thank you for all you do to keep patients safe and things running smoothly at your organizations. In honor of this special...
