A Georgia Court of Appeals, Third Division, affirmed the dismissal of a negligent credentialing claim against Northside Hospital, Inc. Barbara Ladner sued Northside, alleging that the hospital negligently credentialed Vahan Kassabian, MD, a board-certified urologist, who...
According to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, Hospital Incident Reporting Systems Do Not Capture Most Patient Harm (http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-09-00091.pdf), hospital reporting systems aren’t...
Whenever medical staff leaders discuss medical staff engagement and alignment, talk of money isn’t far behind. Whereas 30 years ago, serving in a medical staff leadership role was par for the course, today physicians consider it going above and beyond the call of duty. Many hospitals offer...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 13
Many organizations have provided a focused approach to peer review by identifying and addressing clinical practice concerns at the division level rather than escalation to the formal peer review committee. The formal...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 13
Seventy-five percent of health systems and hospitals plan to expand existing service lines, while 50% say they will create new ones, according to the organizations’ leaders who were surveyed by...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 13
