Have you developed standards for assessing the competency of locum tenens, telemedicine, or new technologies at your facility? Medical staff professionals and physician leaders must be prepared for the challenges these areas create for competency assessment.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 23
A growing number of hospitals now require pediatricians to be board-certified before privileging them, although the proportion of hospitals that make exceptions to this policy is also increasing, according to researchers at the University of Michigan.
When is an action reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)? The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration’s Data Bank News website offers periodic reporting scenario articles that answer this question. The following was posted...
Credentialing and medical staff services professionals are found in a diversified and vast number of environments: insurance, hospitals, physician offices, surgical and ambulatory care centers, and more.
The da Vinci Surgical System was first introduced into healthcare in 2000, following FDA approval. The cutting-edge system allowed surgeons to sit at a console and manipulate small instruments using high-definition 3-D images. It was touted as a safer and more effective way to...
A tangled web is created by inappropriately intertwining stand-alone factors. Physician leaders must understand the difference between the following elements or risk unnecessary confusion:
