Evidence-based medicine has become the norm in healthcare. Now, in its proposed 2007 standards for credentialing and privileging, the JCAHO aims to bring the evidence-based approach to the process of vetting providers.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 49
The importance of medical staff bylaws should compel every hospital and its medical staff leaders to ensure that they are adequate, accurate, and in compliance with applicable requirements.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 43
The JCAHO announced on October 24, a field review of its contracted services standards in response to the growing "numbers and types of services that are being outsourced by accredited organizations," according to a JCAHO press release.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 42
The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners has granted the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) "display agent" status to verify licenses for Louisiana physicians and residents, indicating FSMB meets JCAHO's standards for primary source verification of licensure.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 41
It's happened to every medical staff leader while chairing a meeting. A meeting attendee starts talking and won't stop. On occasion, the physician attendee is talking about an issue that is not on the meeting agenda.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 41
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report detailing three Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies' failure to report a total of 474 medical malpractice cases to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
