The good news is there were no seismic shifts in medical staff accreditation standards in 2013. The less-good news is the uncertainty associated with the changes in healthcare that are coming in 2014 and beyond.
One of the most important initial tasks of the physician credentialing process is gathering background information. This often involves reaching out to various medical boards to verify physician information.
Every medical staff has dealt with a version of this situation: A physician yells at a nurse during surgery or throws something in frustration. Suddenly the medical staff is faced with a problem: How do we deal with this potentially disruptive physician?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 1
The start of a new year is a good time to look at the long-term future. For MSPs, that future might mean evolution from today's disparate medical staff-related processes and duties to a single unified "competency committee" with physicians and MSPs working in tandem on a...
