Much of credentialing and privileging is fraught with potential missteps and legal peril. If the granting of privileges is done poorly, the patient is put at risk, and from a broader point of view, the organization is also at risk from legal fallout that results from pa-tient...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 37
The strength of relationships and goodwill that comes from physicians, administrators, and boards spending time together in social activities both in and away from the hospital can be enormous.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 37
One way to involve the medical staff in the regulatory readiness process and ensure that communication filters down to all divisions is to identify and assign a physician regulatory liaison for each division.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 37
With the threat of malpractice lawsuits and focus on performance measures on the rise, physicians are increasingly providing patients with excessive care.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 36
How can hospitalists maintain their place in the hospital setting as Medicare expenditures are decreased? Are they wiling to take a pay cut in order to do so?
