I read a couple of interesting management pieces that confirmed my discovery that when it comes to some aspects of credentialing, less is really more. Here's how I came to that conclusion.
There are two potential means to reduce the potential negative impact of a credentialing decision. First, for employed physicians, a hospital may consider including specific contractual remedies in employment contracts with physicians who allege some type of...
Radiologist Richard Chesbrough, MD, entered into a contract with Visiting Physicians Association (VPA) to interpret images created by VPA's technologists during in-home visits.
Over the past several years, healthcare quality has come under increased scrutiny. In 2001, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report Crossing the Quality Chasm highlighted the lack of consistency in the quality of care in the American healthcare system. The IOM report showed...
My first consulting assignment involved a surgeon on a small medical staff with chronic depression. He would experience meltdowns in the middle of the night when nurses attempted to rouse him from a fitful sleep. On two occasions he slammed down the phone after being asked to...
The consequences of not setting sufficient rules as to who can be granted privileges at a given hospital are frequent fodder for credentialing professionals, medical staff leaders, and legal counsel. But what happens when we go too far in the opposite direction? Overly...
