When the Joint Commission introduced focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE), it greatly increased the demand for proctors. Therefore, it has become more difficult to find physicians willing to serve as volunteer proctors, and more organizations are starting to look at paying proctors in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 2
Meetings often involve special equipment and materials. It is the meeting planner’s responsibility to ensure that everything necessary is available and working properly.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 2
In 2007, The Joint Commission gave hospital medical staffs a gift: a framework to measure quality and provide practitioners with feedback. Finally, medical staffs can systematically improve practice patterns, systems of care, and patient outcomes by collecting data and setting targets.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 1
The Joint Commission announced Monday that, as part of its application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a number of changes will be made to the accreditation process. Many of the changes have resulted in added specificity to existing standards.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 1
Don’t divide your time between developing privileging forms from scratch and searching for a software system to support them. Instead, search for a two-for-one problem solver.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 1
