Admissions will shift significantly from the inpatient to the outpatient setting in 2013 as providers transition to new care delivery models, says a Premier healthcare alliance survey. It also indicates that hospitals will make their biggest capital investments this year in information...
The National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) has announced the launch of its NAMSS PASS™ tool. NAMSS PASS (Practitioner Affiliation Sharing Source) is a secure, online repository intended to provide a quick and easy method to access primary source affiliation...
The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed a Superior Court's decision to award attorney's fees of approximately $413,000 and additional costs of approximately $26,000 to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, Del., based on the language in its medical staff bylaws credentials...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 5
Medical staff services isn't what it used to be, and no MSP would argue with that. What was once an administrative job has become a highly technical career, and it's getting more specialized with every day that goes by.
Delineation of privileges is one of those evergreen battles in the world of medical staff services-an ever-moving target that requires excellent best practices, but changes so often and so quickly that every organization must find its own tactics for privilege tracking.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 5
Imagine if you could access a physician's entire affiliation history-including letters of good standing and additional affiliation information-through a single database. The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) felt it was high time such a database was developed,...
