Hospitals and patient safety organizations (PSO) across the country are eagerly awaiting to see if the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that address the question of the scope of privilege and confidentiality protections afforded under the federal law to reports, analyses, and studies relating...
If they’re a member of your medical staff, and you allow people without a license to be on your medical staff, then you need query the NPDB. It’s not a function of whether they’re licensed or not, it’s a function of whether they have been made a member of your medical staff or your healthcare...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires medical staff bylaws to address who can perform the history and physical examination and in what time frame the history and physical exam must be completed. The Joint Commission also adopted this requirement in 2009. The following is...
Today’s free resource is a crosswalk of accreditation standards surrounding reference of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) during credentialing activities.
The desire to provide the highest-quality healthcare possible coupled with the need to reduce medical risks to patients and...
HCPro’s MSP Salary Survey asks respondents to name the entities that accredit their organization. Since 2012, the percentage of respondents who have selected DNV has doubled, from 4% of respondents to 8% in 2015. DNV entered the accreditation fray in 2008, when it was granted deeming status by...
