Although civilian health systems operate under different governance structures and requirements, a recent initiative from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) offers lessons for organizations looking to standardize privileging across multiple hospitals.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
Organizations have a responsibility to continually evaluate the competency of providers—yet in today’s healthcare environment, they should not assume low volume is evidence of incompetence. Instead, low volume should be treated as a signal to examine the available evidence of a provider’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 8
A recent court decision addressed the scope of Illinois' Medical Studies Act privilege and the evidentiary burden hospitals must satisfy when withholding credentialing and peer review documents from discovery.
The first step of an effective case review system is the ability to identify the appropriate cases for physician review. Without good case identification systems, case review can be inadequate or biased.
