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...
According to CMS, privileges are not to be granted for tasks/procedures/activities that are not conducted within the hospital—regardless of the practitioner’s ability to perform. Therefore, when developing your core privileging system, list only those services and procedures that your hospital...
The average cost of a hospital stay in the United States is $2,873 a day, with the average stay lasting 4.6 days, according to a recent report by ValuePenguin using data from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The Credentialing Resource Center’s annual MSP Salary Survey will be closing soon! This is your last chance to complete the survey and to be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a $25Amazon gift card. Remember, the more responses we have, the more meaningful (and actionable) the...
As more workers return to the office, the in-person meeting is back. After two years of virtual meetings, there are certain factors that need to be considered when meeting face-to-face. For example, room setup can affect a meeting in significant ways.
In hospitals all across the country, the governing board is fiscally responsible for the financial wellbeing of the organization. The governing board is also ultimately responsible for the credentialing and privileging of all practitioners in the organization and for monitoring the quality of...
In a newly released framework that focuses on worker mental health and well-being, the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy advises business leaders to create policies and practices to support workers.
The medical staff office 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, the medical staff services...
A recent study in Health Affairs found that physicians are hesitant to treat patients with disabilities and admit to being out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Physicians reported...
