This column is based on many years of working with and observing the behaviors of successful medical staff leaders (and sadly, some who have not been successful).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 2
Alex Zakharia, a Miami-Dade heart surgeon, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit for allegedly exaggerating his qualifications about his experience doing open-heart surgery while giving a deposition for the plaintiff in a Michigan malpractice case.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 2
Many organizations will not provide information about clinical performance to other organizations that seek that information for credentialing and privileging.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 1
Kris Rockwell, manager of medical staff services at Children's Hospital in Omaha, NE, writes about having categories for membership and categories for privileges.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 51
The Joint Commission on Dec. 21 posted to its Web site a proposed standard for disruptive behavior. The Joint Commission seeks comments on the proposed standard, LD.3.15, which is open for field review until Jan. 24, 2007.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 50
Fast tracking of applications is a worthwhile goal, for seldom is there any benefit in having the process be delayed. A thorough, prompt, and fair interview process is essential, and requires a system in which the hospital and its medical staff fully acknowledge that the tasks of credentialing...
