Continuing to provide medical care for critically ill and displaced patients during a disaster scenario, such as those experienced along the Gulf Coast during Katrina and Rita, requires logistical and tactical training and preparedness for circumstances such as loss of power, water, sanitation,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 38
A consent agenda is a tool that can be used to save meeting time and to help assure that committee time is spent on items that require discussion. Consent agendas expedite approval of routine, non-controversial business brought before the committee. The use of a consent agenda places...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 37
We are going to spend the next few issues of MS Leader Connection discussing the topic of how to have great Medical Executive Committee (MEC) meetings. And the good news is that the principles that are used to make MEC meetings efficient and productive can be applied to other medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 37
Quality reporting programs such as those mandated by the JCAHO and CMS play "complementary roles in encouraging quality improvement but are poorly coordinated and command sizeable resources," mainly due to the lack of adequate information technology (IT), according to a study published in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 36
Primary care is facing "a confluence of factors that could spell disaster," including inadequate reimbursement, uneven quality of care, and a drop-off in the number of generalists graduating from U.S. medical schools, according to an editorial published in the August 31 issue of the New England...
