Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Medical Staff Leader Connection will not be published next week. I hope that you also will take some away from work to enjoy your friends and families. Happy Thanksgiving from HCPro!
Karen Kondilis
Credentialing Editor...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 45
In talking about which items to keep on the regular agenda of the medical executive committee (MEC), last week we said to limit strategic reports to only those needing discussion. There are reports that you do not want to limit though: reports from departments on key initiatives and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 44
The Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of physicians, by protecting them from being sued by victims of physicians’ patients. According to amednews.com, the court said physicians owe no duty to non-patients who are harmed because of a patient’s medical condition. In its ruling, the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 44
Before creating a website, Lynette Fisher, CPMSM, CPCS, medical staff coordinator at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont., recommends examining existing systems in the medical staff services department (MSSD) and seeing what would save the most time and money if completed electronically....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 43
As members of the medical staff services department, your hard work often flies under the radar. Sure patients are happy when they receive great care from their physician, but they may not realize how that physician became a trusted member of the medical staff. Or, how...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 43
In looking at which items stay on the medical executive committee’s regular agenda, as opposed to getting moved to a consent agenda, this week let’s take reports from administration on the hospital’s status and direction.
