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...
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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.
During the recruitment process, hospitals often narrowly and incorrectly define a quality physician as one who provides excellent technical care—a good medical school, a renowned residency program, and stellar letters from program directors are the entrance ticket onto the medical staff.
Healthcare accounted for the largest share of publicly disclosed data breaches in 2020, according to a report recently released by cyber-security firm Tenable. To reach the conclusion in its 2020 Threat Landscape Retrospective, Tenable analyzed public breach disclosures from January to October...
We are currently seeking industry experts to speak at our upcoming conference, the National Provider Enrollment Forum, featuring a new credentialing and privileging track! The Forum will take place on September 21 and 22 at the Sheraton Nashville Grand Downtown...
One of the key challenges that low- and no-volume providers present is how to assess their competence when you have little or no data on their performance in your organization. Most medical staff leaders say it is difficult to get any information of real value from references today.
Eighty-six percent of providers reported having positive experiences using telehealth, according to a survey conducted by healthcare software company CoverMyMeds.
Performing credentialing process audits is similar to conducting patient record audits in that it is usually more productive to audit specific aspects of the process to answer specific questions. This is as opposed to attempting to audit an entire credentials file to address every possible...
