Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Indiana senator introduces mandatory flu shot bill

January 24, 2017

Legislators in Indiana are trying once again to pass a law allowing for mandatory immunizations for hospital employees. Sen. Frank Mrvan (D-Hammond) introduced a bill that would authorize hospitals to have a written policy in place requiring immunizations as a condition of employment. The...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 1

MSP's voice: Eight professional to-dos for 2017

January 22, 2017

Today’s MSPs are taking on larger volumes of work and scopes of responsibility than ever before, often without seeing equivalent gains in respect and standing. At the same time, many are still struggling with decades-old issues, such as integrating peer review into the credentialing and...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Heard this week

January 17, 2017

“Healthcare historically has been a status quo model—improve to a certain point and stay there. The model of the future needs to be better.”

—George Halvorson, chair and CEO of the Institute for Intergroup Understanding, during last week's Health Care Payment Reform...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

What does 2017 have in store for MSPs and medical staff leaders?

January 16, 2017

This week, CRC Daily covers credentialing. To kick things off, Melinda E. Whitney, RN, BSN, BS, MS, CPHQ, CPMSM, FACHE, senior consultant of quality management services at The Quality Management Consulting Group in Columbus, Ohio, predicts which emerging and...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 1

Expert Q&A: The medical staff and credentialing outlook for 2017

January 11, 2017

The New Year’s dust (or confetti, as the case may be) has settled, routine is restored, and 2017 stretches ahead. For MSPs, medical staff leaders, and quality personnel, there’s no better time to take stock of last year’s professional developments, applying lessons learned to current approaches...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

MSPs and expanding APPs’ scope of practice

January 9, 2017

This week, CRC Daily covers advanced practice professionals (APP) and allied health professionals (AHP). We start with an explanation from Credentialing Resource Center Symposium speaker Carol S....

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