This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 5
Set ground rules for speakers to make grand rounds more interesting. “The current generation needs constant stimulation. It isn’t good or bad; it just is, and the idea of sitting for a 55-minute lecture with the lights down and a PowerPoint on is stifling,” says Robert Wachter, MD, MHM,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 5
To help abate the physician shortage, the American Medical Association (AMA) created guidelines to help state licensing boards, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and state and specialty societies to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 5
Negligent credentialing cases most often occur when a patient claims that he or she was harmed by a physician at a hospital. Plaintiffs’ attorneys like to cover all of their bases to give their clients the best chances of getting a handsome payment by issuing a claim against the hospital and the...
No hospital wants to be embroiled in a negligent credentialing lawsuit, but these claims are becoming more prevalent. More states are recognizing negligent credentialing as a valid legal theory, making it more important than ever for medical staffs to polish their credentialing...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 2
