The medical executive committee (MEC) is the only medical staff committee that The Joint Commission requires accredited hospitals to have. Learn who should be on the committee and what they should be responsible for.
As workplace violence continues to rise, hospitals are discovering that some of their most serious security gaps are not rooted in staffing or policy. Instead, they may come down to life safety systems that were designed decades ago.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 5
MSPs are being asked to do more than ever—often without the structural support to match. Governance frameworks often fail to keep pace with how work is truly being executed.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 5
As hospitals automate more of their security infrastructure to offset staffing shortages and rising risks, the real challenge is no longer whether to automate, but how to do it without introducing blind spots.
A new Jama Network Open study detailed the alarming increase in hospital-based shootings over the last 25 years, with more than twice as many events reported in the last 10 years than the decade prior.
Credentialing programs rarely fail because teams do not understand the rules. More often, they fail because day-to-day operations drift away from those rules long before anyone notices.
