Editor’s note: HCPro’s Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 3
There is a saying, “Once is a coincidence, but twice is a trend.” State medical boards are finding themselves in the latter category when it comes to a perceived inefficiency in disciplining harmful physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 3
According to figures from the AMA, the percentage of physicians in the United States age 65 or over was 20% as of 2008, and that percentage is expected to rise. With physicians working longer and delaying retirement, medical staff services departments (MSSD)...
Although many hospitals are signing on with Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), a number are still on the sidelines for various reasons. There is the fear that reported data will be discoverable; uncertainty about...
Two court decisions released at the end of 2013 have clarified some existing questions regarding peer review process, at least in the state of California.
