A study of Press Ganey surveys found that patients gave higher scores to their physicians if they shared the same race/ethnicity. Eighty-eight percent of physicians received the maximum rating on the patient experience survey from patients of the same race/ethnicity. This was compared to 82%...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 12
Historically, quality and peer review processes have been developed separately and lived in siloed departments. Yet, oftentimes, the quality department and medical staff services department are doing the same work related to peer review and quality improvement. In his recent webinar, “...
As part of our initiative to highlight the efforts of MSPs everywhere, the Credentialing Resource Center Team is recognizing all-star MSPs in the community by featuring them in Credentialing Resource Center Digest. In our latest feature, we would like to recognize Ann Bottom. Bottom is...
One of the most important roles of a hospital’s organized medical staff is to evaluate practitioners’ credentials and make recommendations to the board regarding membership on the medical staff and/or the assignment of clinical privileges. Historically, many medical staff bylaws included...