The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (the "Court") affirmed a trial court's decision to dismiss a suit brought by a physician against a hospital to force the hospital to produce information related to its credentialing process after the hospital withdrew an offer of employment to...
In this article we'll discuss the evolving role of the NP, and some of the major issues facing those contemplating the new law and their hospital's policy for granting NP autonomy. Since organizations can set a credentialing policy for NPs that is more restrictive than the requirements of state...
Anyone who has worked in the medical field or spent time credentialing physicians has read, heard, or even seen, stories of incompetent doctors that risk the health and often the lives of patients. But the case of Christopher Duntsch may take the cake.
In what many...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's glossary, a Just Culture is defined as "a culture that recognizes that competent professionals make mistakes and acknowledges that even competent professionals will develop unhealthy norms (shortcuts or 'routine rule...
Jack Cox, MD, MMM, recently spoke with HCPro Managing Editor Karen Kondilis about his experiences as an author and a reader. Cox is coauthor, along withRosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS; and Christine Hearst, CPMSM, of "Resolve Practitioner Turf Conflicts:...
