Heard and Seen in Austin: Bonus Highlights
April 10, 2017
“I think we should remind the CEO that there are no great men, no great women, only great committees.”
- Audience volunteer as the voice of reason in a discussion on resisting pressure to cut credentialing corners during the Credentials Committee Live in Action session.
“If you don’t have physicians selling this to other docs, the chances of this taking are small.”
- Mark Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, on the importance of recruiting a physician champion to an OPPE overhaul initiative.
“The challenge is the number of people we will have to deal with. There is so much mobility now with physicians. We are busier than ever just credentialing people who are physically in our hospital and now have to credential telemedicine folks.”
- Todd Sagin, MD, JD, on the challenges posed by telemedicine during the Privileging Conundrums session.
“Really? This has everything?”
– Mark Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, stares incredulously at the single flash drive containing all the materials he needs to apply for privileges, employment, and health plan enrollment at a hospital with a streamlined onboarding process during the 2017 CRC Symposium’s closing skit.
Congratulations to Jean Welte; Rebekah Turner, CPCS; and Elsa Bonson for winning the 2017 CRC Symposium app award. These attendees posted the most and best comments and photos to the app’s Activity Feed. The app is still active so keep posting comments and photos to the Activity Feed. You can also use the app’s message feature to keep in touch with other attendees you’ve met during the conference.
Thank you to our 2017 CRC Symposium expert faculty, whose world-class credentialing expertise and show-stopping theatrical performances helped make this year's conference one for the books.
