Q: Do the six general competencies need to be included on the OPPE profile?
A: A lot of people use that as a route for [selecting quality measures]. They pick measurements that reflect one or more of the competencies. You don’t need to have even six...
Today's free resource is an OPPE form for surgical physician assistants used at Methodist Medical Center, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This customizable form and many more are available in ...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 5
A recent Joint Commission survey at my organization brought another topic to light that we need to address in this series: inclusion of practitioner performance metrics that are specific more to a particular specialty, department, service line, or privilege(s) that cross specialty lines.
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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 4
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact hits state legislatures
Legislation to create an Interstate Medical Licensure Compact had been introduced in 13 states as this issue of CRCJ went to print, with more likely to follow. If enacted, the compact...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 4
The presence of APPs in hospitals has grown exponentially during the past decade. For purposes of this policy, advanced practice professionals (APP) are defined as physician assistants (PA) and advanced practice registered nurses, with this latter group including certified registered nurse...
