Fram, an after-market automotive parts manufacturer, once made a car care commercial that made this line famous: “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later!” The mechanic in the commercial explains to a customer that he can pay a small sum now to proactively maintain his car, or he can wait...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 14
Many medical staff services departments are challenged to redesign clinical privileges in all specialties to ensure that they are criteria-based and compliant with regulatory standards for FPPE and OPPE—and they have to do it in a timely manner with limited resources. Put The Greeley Company’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 14
If you’re an e-mail junkie like me, you may have, at one point, thought, “Boy, wouldn’t it be convenient if I could e-mail my doctor?” You know how it goes—you seek out a private place at work where you can call the doctor’s office to report a persistent cough or mysterious rash, and inevitably...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 14
Clinical observers are a category of practitioners that organizations tend to overlook. It is common, especially in academic medical centers, for practitioners to observe or shadow a member of the medical staff. Organizations should have policies in place to govern that process.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 14
A hospital should never make an improper report to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). A report made incorrectly can have a negative effect on a physician’s career and can lead to litigation. Therefore, medical staff bylaws should clearly define certain criteria.
