The Supreme Court of Georgia in June ruled that plaintiffs who bring negligent credentialing lawsuits against a hospital can discover certain hospital credentialing records in Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, d/b/a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 28
No, unless otherwise required by state law, says Claude (Bud) Pate, REHS, vice president of content and development at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. in Marblehead, MA. “For example, in California DPMs are members of the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 28
Under the apparent agency theory, a patient can sue a hospital for the negligence of a physician if the patient perceived that the physician was an employee or agent of the hospital at the time the care was rendered.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 28
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently published online its 2008 State Snapshots, which includes the strengths and weaknesses of each state’s quality information. Collected for the National Healthcare Quality Report, the data will be used to analyze healthcare quality and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 27
There are few opportunities for physician leaders to come together, share ideas, and learn from each other’s successes. The Greeley Medical Staff Institute Symposium is a unique forum created to foster communication between new and experienced physician leaders from across the country.
