Believe it or not, imperfect data is usable data. Imperfect data should never prevent the peer review process from occurring, as long as you don’t rely on it exclusively.
Hospitalists have long been touted as the drivers of quality improvement initiatives, and one of their key tools for tracking the effectiveness of their initiatives is a dashboard. Dashboards are short reports containing data, often depicted in graphs, charts, and tables, that summarize the...
There are five components of a truly effective medical staff. Last month’s column explored three of the five: culture, collaboration, and communication. This month, we conclude with the remaining two: medical staff structure and processes and leadership.
Often, medical staff bylaws describe the processes for nominating, electing, and removing medical staff officers. However, bylaws often lack details new leaders need to know to hit the ground running or experienced leaders need to maintain optimal performance.
When it comes to medical staff peer review, few areas are stickier than conducting ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) for low- and no-volume practitioners. Medical staffs already struggle to collect data from numerous sources...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 8
