Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 36

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September 21, 2007

Is ED call a solvable problem?
 
The ED call problem, at least at present, is not a solvable problem. Instead of finding one right answer, it is about understanding, honoring, and finding a way to support the needs of physicians, the hospital, and the community all at the same time...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 36

Medical Staff Culture -- Part 2

September 21, 2007

Dear medical staff leader:
 Last month, we asked the question: What is your medical staff culture? We discussed that truly effective cultures must simultaneously embrace and balance interdependent opposites, sometimes called polarities.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 35

Tip of the week:

September 13, 2007

Performance feedback profile: Identify opportunities for improving physician performance.

Physician performance, like performance in any profession, will vary. Therefore, physician's performance feedback reports will identify areas in which individuals could improve. It is unlikely that...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 35

How many medical staff committees do we really need?

September 13, 2007

Dear medical staff leader:

Nowadays medical staff members attend between 15 to 20 medical staff committee meetings that accomplish little, consume massive amounts of time, and run inefficiently. Every time The Joint Commission creates a requirement or function, which a medical staff or...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 35

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September 13, 2007

What should an effective proctoring policy include?

Based on review of proctoring policies from numerous organizations, the following categories provide a good starting framework for creating an effective policy:

  • Purpose. It should describe in simple terms why your
    • ...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 34

Tip of the week: Procedural due process

September 6, 2007

Although the hospital has the authority and obligation to evaluate medical staff members and prospective members against specific defined criteria and take corrective action when necessary, it must allow a practitioner to challenge an adverse credential decision. Procedural due-process...

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