Last week, I was working with one of our Medical Staff Institute clients (Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, CA) and happened to see an article that Marshall's medical staff coordinator wrote for the California Association Medical Staff Services.
The article made me laugh out loud,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 45
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) hopes to ease license portability for physicians practicing across state lines, using grants from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to improve the way medical boards share physician data, according to a report in American Medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 44
As medical staff organizations all over the country prepare to make committee assignments that take effect on January 1, take time to thoroughly evaluate the effectiveness of your current committees.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 44
Physicians are burned out, stressed out, and they’ve just about had it with the current state of healthcare, according to new findings of the 2006 American College of Physician Executives Physician Morale Survey.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 44
The Joint Commission, in their 2007 standards for the Medical Staff, have introduced a new concept - that of Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE). Although the requirements related to this concept do not go into effect for survey purposes until January 1, 2008, many medical staff...
