Myth: A physician who has not provided inpatient care services recently is incompetent
Truth: A physician with little or no inpatient volume may have poorer outcomes than a physician with high volumes, but the lack of volume alone does not indicate that the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 24
The Joint Commission has added antidiscrimination language to MS.06.01.07 and MS.07.01.01 that prevents medical staffs from making medical staff appointment and credentialing decisions based on gender, race, creed, or national origin.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 24
No. When deciding whether a document should be classified as peer review, MSPs and medical staff leaders should check their state peer review statutes. “A lot of states have peer review statutes of their own in addition to the [Health Care Quality Improvement Act] statute,” says Annemarie Martin...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 24
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 23
According to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index 2010, the majority of healthcare facilities in the United States do not have policies in place to guarantee lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals the right to receive their preferred visitors and...
