The Joint Commission, in their 2007 standards for the Medical Staff, have introduced a new concept - that of Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE). Although the requirements related to this concept do not go into effect for survey purposes until January 1, 2008, many medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 43
The American Hospital Association (AHA), in a letter to the accrediting body on Oct. 23, expressed support for the revisions to standard MS.1.20, but requested edits to element of performance (EP) 27, and urged the JCAHO to allow hospitals two to three years to be in compliance.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 42
A California law signed Sept. 29 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger requires the Medical Board of California to make publicly available the information it collects on state-licensed physicians' race and languages spoken. Eventually, the board wants to publish the information under individual...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 41
In last week's column, I wrote about the collaboration that is necessary between medical staff leaders and medical staff professionals to support the medical staff organization. I offered to provide a sample job description for a director of medical staff services. The sample job description...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 41
A Massachusetts coalition launched a state-wide initiative October 11 to reduce medication errors, providing a medication list for patients and providers and promoting tips for patients and their families on wise medication use.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 40
The National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) is urging the JCAHO to discontinue its revisions to Standard MS.1.20, which includes new elements of performance (EP) that would require medical staffs and the governing body to collaborate on the adoption of medical staff bylaws.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 40
If you are a medical staff leader, you may think that follow-up as a result of an MEC meeting is not your job. You may not write follow-up letters (you might sign them-but not write them!) and it is undoubtedly not your responsibility to write the minutes, etc. However, as a medical staff leader...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 39
Physicians frequently failed to communicate specific instructions to patients about newly prescribed medications, including dosing, adverse effects and how long to take the medication, in a study of outpatient encounters at two California healthcare systems published Sept. 26 in the Archives of...
