If you are struggling with challenges around the intersection of employed physicians and the organized medical staff, you are far from being alone. Every day, many organizations have to deal with fundamental questions about basic processes such as credentialing, privileging, proctoring, peer...
Patricia Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA take a look at issues that can cause practitioner impairment. This month, they focus on illness.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
Meaningful indicators are key to robust OPPE, FPPE processes
It has been seven years since The Joint Commission announced its OPPE and FPPE requirements, and 2015 marks the first year that the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program will...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
Should leadership "manage loose," allowing as much autonomy as possible among medical staff members, or "manage tight," with strict oversight of all aspects of care delivery?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
After many years of spending too much time attending meetings, listening to the same reports, and granting department status to any group of two or more physicians, we were ready for a change.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
At the same time that the physician population overall is aging, a growing physician shortage is making many institutions anxious to hold on to every practitioner they can.
