Citing performance issues, Humility of Mary Health Partners asked cardiothoracic surgeon George Georgopoulos, MD, to voluntarily refrain from performing coronary artery bypass surgeries and hired an independent physician to review several of his cases. Georgopoulos' independent...
Hospitalists are an integral, indispensable part of hospitals' around-the-clock operations. They are increasingly responsible for in-hospital patient care and necessary for managing publicly reportable clinical and service-related outcomes. At the same time, hospitalists can be...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 33
Medical staffs might wonder what to do when the number zero shows up on a physician’s ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) report. Is it a red flag? Is the information usable? Is that particular indicator meaningful?
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 34
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and credentialing...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 32
