More than two out of every five public healthcare workers would not show up for work during a flu pandemic, according to a survey conducted by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. The researchers reported...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 16
The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is accepting comments on revisions to the Leadership chapter through May 4, 2006, the commission announced. The proposed revisions to the Leadership chapter encompass new leadership accountability standards; a new...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 15
The medical executive committee (MEC) is a democratically elected organization appointed to conduct quality monitoring. However, individual physicians must also be held accountable for the quality of care they deliver. To encourage physicians to take this...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 15
Patients receiving medical care value interpersonal skills and a human touch when evaluating their physicians, rather than assessing measures of technical skill, according to a study published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 14
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) released for public comment draft standards for its 2007 accreditation and certification programs. The comment period ends April 7. The NCQA announced it will add "Quality Plus" content areas to its 2007 accreditation requirements, in response...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 14
In the traditional approach to medical staff bylaws construction, the table of contents is placed at the beginning of the document and enables all parties to quickly locate the pages on which to find relevant articles, sections, and provisions. Some medical staff bylaws include a table of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 9
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) made available for field review revised medical staff standards addressing what information must be included in hospital bylaws versus that which may be included in supplemental documents, such as manuals and policies.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 8
Members of an organization are typically granted rights as a benefit of that membership. When a physician joins the medical staff, he or she is typically granted privileges to perform clinical tasks based on education, training, and current clinical competency...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 7
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) recently signed a licensing agreement with the American Osteopathic Association to designate the American Osteopathic Information Organization's (AOIA) Physician Profile Service as an official ABMS display agent, according to an ABMS press release...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 4
Sometimes raising communication levels between the medical staff office and the medical staff needs a little push. Today, many physicians do not come to the hospital on a regular basis and are unfamiliar with the MSO staff members. Consider sponsoring social events and creating a medical staff...
