Medical staff leaders are often daunted at the prospect of engaging and paying outside peer reviewers. This article contains a few tips on when an outside reviewer is necessary, how to select the right reviewer, and how to ensure that your facility puts a reviewer’s feedback to good use.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 16
A cardiologist is suing the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY for allegedly terminating his medical staff privileges because he is a part-owner of a competing hospital due to open next month, reports the ...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 16
When attempting to determine whether to grant a physician’s request for new-technology privileges, the hospital must first evaluate whether this new technology fits within the scope of the institution’s mission. The hospital must decide whether it is willing to spend the money on a technology...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 16
Medical staff and hospital leaders need to communicate with multiple stakeholders: The medical staff, hospital administration, the governing board, and the community, to name a few. Communication—especially in this 24/7 age of instantaneous news—must be timely, accurate, and transparent.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 16
I was a good physician and was sure I could easily find “clean” records to demonstrate how well I cared for my patients. But when I actually looked closely at my own records, I was shocked to see how often I had overlooked even the basic best practices I thought I knew so well. An electronic...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 15
Accreditation professionals across the country have known for months that revisions to Joint Commission standards will go into effect on July 1. One unanswered question has stood out among others: How will hospitals be scored on the various...
