Negligent credentialing cases most often occur when a patient claims that he or she was harmed by a physician at a hospital. Plaintiffs’ attorneys like to cover all of their bases to give their clients the best chances of getting a handsome payment by issuing a claim against the hospital and the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 5
Set ground rules for speakers to make grand rounds more interesting. “The current generation needs constant stimulation. It isn’t good or bad; it just is, and the idea of sitting for a 55-minute lecture with the lights down and a PowerPoint on is stifling,” says Robert Wachter, MD, MHM,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 4
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 4
HCPro released the online medical staff training library that users can use at home or the office, basically anywhere with an Internet connection. A few of you still had questions about how it works. It’s not a DVD or CD. It’s not an audio conference. It’s the next best thing to going to a live...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 4
Traditionally, physicians received either full privileges or none at all. With the growing diversity of practitioners, which includes physicians, dentists, podiatrists, and advanced practice providers, such as nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, midwives, and physician...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 3
Locum tenens is a Latin term for “placeholder” and is not used by The Joint Commission. It is typically a term recognized and used by traveling physicians who fill an institution’s need for a particular specialty or subspecialty for a specific time.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 3
wasn’t long ago that PAs, NPs, and CRNAs could lose their privileges in a jiffy if the chief of staff of Adventist hospital decided it was necessary; there was no due process, hearing, or appeal rights, reports the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. A recent change to the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 3
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
Sometimes it is not the group that makes a decision in a meeting. Rather, it is a few dominant individuals who monopolize the discussion and leave no room for less assertive meeting attendees to speak. Those who are hesitant about voicing their opinions might need encouragement, and a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
