Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 8, Issue 10

Affiliation letters: What is your organization's legal and ethical responsibility?

October 1, 2011

Much of credentialing and privileging is fraught with potential missteps and legal peril. If the granting of privileges is done poorly, the patient is put at risk, and from a broader point of view, the organization is also at risk from legal fallout that results from pa-tient...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

Survey sheds light on the latest medical staff and credentialing challenges

October 1, 2011

The Credentialing Resource Center Journal has partnered with the Association of Healthcare Accreditation ­Professionals (AHAP) to present you the results of a recent survey ­regarding the status of challenges related to the Medical Staff chapter of The Joint Commission's...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 21, Issue 10

Test your leadership knowledge

October 1, 2011

Last month, we tested medical staff leaders' peer review knowledge. This month's quiz focuses on leadership issues that any medical staff leader or physician executive should have a firm grasp on. Take this quiz to your next medical executive committee or general medical staff...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 37

Tip of the week: Time away from the office just as important

September 29, 2011

The strength of relationships and goodwill that comes from physicians, administrators, and boards spending time together in social activities both in and away from the hospital can be enormous.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 37

Ask the expert: We would like to involve our medical staff in our regulatory process to be better prepared for surveys. However, as a large organization, we do not want to put more work on our division chiefs? full plates. Any suggestions?

September 29, 2011

One way to involve the medical staff in the regulatory readiness process and ensure that communication filters down to all divisions is to identify and assign a physician regulatory liaison for each division.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 37

News and briefs: Texas Medical Board will not respond to anonymous complaints

September 29, 2011

Patients and colleagues that want to file anonymous complaints against a physician don’t have the ability to do so under a new state law in Texas.

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