wasn’t long ago that PAs, NPs, and CRNAs could lose their privileges in a jiffy if the chief of staff of Adventist hospital decided it was necessary; there was no due process, hearing, or appeal rights, reports the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. A recent change to the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 3
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 3
Locum tenens is a Latin term for “placeholder” and is not used by The Joint Commission. It is typically a term recognized and used by traveling physicians who fill an institution’s need for a particular specialty or subspecialty for a specific time.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
Sometimes it is not the group that makes a decision in a meeting. Rather, it is a few dominant individuals who monopolize the discussion and leave no room for less assertive meeting attendees to speak. Those who are hesitant about voicing their opinions might need encouragement, and a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
Clinicians enjoy almost total job security, but management is a different story. Hospitalist programs are called upon to deliver ever-higher levels of clinical quality and patient satisfaction, but program directors have few tools to deliver on these mandates and must get good work from...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
