Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12

A season of new beginnings

December 1, 2013

The new year ushers in a season of new beginnings and clean slates. Fresh optimism hangs in the air, reminding us to leave old habits in the past and resolve to meet new goals. The dawn of this new year is a good time to consider your professional goals, both big and small. If...

Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 12

Navigating the pitfalls of APP credentialing and competency assessments

December 1, 2013

The role of advanced practice professionals (APP) has expanded considerably over the last several years, and as the number of practicing APPs continues to increase, this subset of medical professionals is expected to continue taking on greater responsibilities when it comes to patient care...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

HIPAA/HITECH: How the changes impact the medical staff services department

December 1, 2013

Although HIPAA has been around since 1996, it's only become a more familiar term in healthcare since the implementation of the Privacy Rule in 2001. The Privacy Rule was designed to specifically address the protection of an individual's personal health information (PHI), including the medical...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12

Ambulatory settings: Does practitioner privileging need to align with hospitals?

December 1, 2013

Do ambulatory setting and hospital privileging requirements need to match? Who can assess the competence of a practitioner when he or she is the only one with knowledge of a given specialty? In the final installment of the three-part webcast series "Overcoming Competency...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

Medical Staff Briefing, December 2013

December 1, 2013

Bringing patients and providers together

International organization improves communication by inviting patients to the table

Communication-whether among physicians, between physicians and nurses, or between physicians

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Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

Bringing patients and providers together

December 1, 2013

Communication—whether among physicians, between physicians and nurses, or between physicians and patients—remains central to the ongoing discussion of quality improvement in hospitals and how to build physician ownership and involvement.

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