In the physician recruitment cycle, we are at a critical stage when residents and fellows who completed training in 2010 have started practicing, and the members of the class of 2011 have started searching for their dream jobs in earnest. A Cejka Search focus group of 2011 residents and fellows...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 36
On July 16, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a series of revisions to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) that gives hospitals clear guidance during local and national emergencies.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 36
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 36
Medical staff and administrative leaders must decide whether it is more beneficial for the parties involved to maintain separate accreditation providers or adopt the same one. “Arguably, if you applied the same standards across the board, you would be in compliance with The Joint Commission,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 35
The target needs to be expressed in the same measurement format as the indicator. It is not uncommon for the physician profiles to accidentally show the indicator data expressed as percentages but the targets as percentiles.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 35
One of the most valuable duties of the medical staff advisor is the working alliance with the medical staff professionals. As a group, MSPs are probably the most unappreciated employees of the hospital.
