In 2001, only 3% of graduating residents were interested in hospital employment, according to a survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins & Associates. That number grew by 29% in the last 10 years. The most recent survey released by Merritt Hawkins found that 32% of graduating residents would...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 42
Rather than using the terms “high” and “low” to describe thresholds, consider using “acceptable” and “excellent,” as this language better describes the intent of thresholds.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 42
The consequences of not setting sufficient rules as to who can be granted privileges at a given hospital are frequent fodder for credentialing professionals, medical staff leaders, and legal counsel. But what happens when we go too far in the opposite direction? Overly...
My first consulting assignment involved a surgeon on a small medical staff with chronic depression. He would experience meltdowns in the middle of the night when nurses attempted to rouse him from a fitful sleep. On two occasions he slammed down the phone after being asked to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 11
Editor's note: In this article, Jonathan H. Burroughs, MD, MBA, FACPE, CMSL, and Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, both senior consultants for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Danvers, MA, discuss issues that can arise around granting credentials and privileges to...