Medical science is advancing with startling speed, and with that evolution comes rapid change in both clinical technology and technique. Patients can benefit vastly from such advances, but only if the practitioner utilizing them is competent. In general, patient safety is at greater risk when a...
Some medical staffs include blank lines labeled “other” at the end of privilege request forms—but they shouldn’t. Including blank lines on privilege request forms encourages and invites applicants to add additional privileges that are not currently delineated on the forms and have not been...
The Credentialing Resource Center’s (CRC) annual MSP Salary Survey measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping the careers of MSPs across the industry. The survey covers areas such as salary, work hours, benefits, and other work-related subjects in order...
Although external peer review is seldom required in most organizations, it is nonetheless important to have a policy in place should the need arise. In many hospitals, the service line or department chair, medical staff quality committee (MSQC), or another designated group will make...
The medical staff services department doesn’t assess practitioners’ competence, but MSPs can ensure that the organized medical staff has the bylaws, policies, and procedures in place to conduct a consistent, fair, effective, and well-documented peer review process. In addition, MSPs can be...
The Credentialing Resource Center’s (CRC) annual MSP Salary Survey measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping the careers of MSPs across the industry.
Your facility’s medical staff bylaws or policies must outline the process for access to the credentials file. The credentials file is the property of the hospital and must be maintained with strictest confidence and security. The files must be maintained by the designated agent of the...
Platinum Plus members can now access 26 new sample tools and forms on Credentialing Resource Center. Additionally, certain Credentialing Resource Center members have access to our clinical privilege white papers. We recently updated five new papers.
There are two types of errors that can occur in the credentialing/privileging process: information errors and decision errors. Understand their differences so that both types of errors can be avoided during the credentialing and privileging process.
