To adequately and appropriately assess the issues of a medical staff services department (MSSD) in crisis, one must observe, listen, ask pertinent questions, and have a relaxed, non-threatening conversation with MSSD staff, hospital administration, and the medical staff leadership.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 11
Credentialing can be an expensive business, from paying for primary source verifications to funding the salaries of MSPs who prepare files for medical executive committee review.
Applications are to the credentialing process what salt is to the cooking process: basic, yet essential.
Medical staffs need to evaluate and fine-tune their credentialing applications from time to time to ensure they are efficiently collecting the most useful information from...
Physicians are often hesitant to serve as proctors, and who could blame them? Proctoring another physician is one of the most awkward positions that a physician can be put into. Proctors must critique another physician’s performance, and their assessment helps determine whether their colleague...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 43
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new common format designed to help healthcare providers collect information about adverse events related to health information technology and devices.
