The resistance to “cookbook medicine” is not new. Although most physicians have embraced protocols and order sets for these diagnoses, it has been an uphill battle for them to apply similar protocols to more routine surgeries.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 6
Please help HCPro provide you with important information you need by taking a moment to share your thoughts, concerns, and questions regarding the economic crisis and how it is affecting physician-hospital relationships.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 6
When defining indicators to measure physician competence, medical staffs have stumbled on the question: Is “zero” really data? The answer is yes—with some caveats that depend on the type of indicator and the nature of the physician activity. Robert Marder, MD, CMSL, vice...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 5
Are you interested in sharing your strategies for tackling contemporary medical staff challenges? HCPro and The Greeley Medical Staff Institute are currently looking for medical staff leaders, medical staff services professionals, and hospitalist program leaders to speak at the first annual...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 5
It’s a new year, which means you have new medical staff leaders on your team. We can’t bring you the palm trees and warm breezes you experience attending an off-site seminar, but our virtual workshop can deliver the education your medical staff leaders need to navigate the road ahead.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 5
Once the medical staff services department receives a completed application from a physician and verifies all applicable information, the medical staff can choose to speed up the credentialing and privileging process if the application does not raise concern. Applications that include these red...
