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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 8

DNV accreditation gains ground

August 1, 2015

HCPro's MSP Salary Survey asks respondents to name the entities that accredit their organization. Since 2012, the percentage of respondents who have selected DNV has doubled, from 4% of respondents to 8% in 2015. DNV entered the accreditation fray in 2008, when it was granted deeming status by...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 25, Issue 6

Analyzing the future of medicine through residency placements

June 1, 2015

A record number of medical students applied to residency training programs this year. We take a look at the trends and what they mean for the future of medicine.

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 25, Issue 3

Control in the operating room

March 1, 2015

A long-standing survey practice of The Joint Commission is to request a copy of the operating room schedule on the day the surveyor(s) are to visit the OR and then select specific practitioner files to compare their privileges to the procedures they are performing on that given day. This may...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 25, Issue 2

Ambulatory care credentialing?

February 1, 2015

For MSPs, understanding the regulatory road map is essential to ensure credentialing and privileging practices are compliant with applicable state law and other regulatory standards. In this article, we point out some of the major ideas that should be understood when credentialing and...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 25, Issue 1

The unification of GME training standards

January 1, 2015

In February 2014, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine entered into an agreement to transform the accreditation system for graduate medical education (GME)...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 24, Issue 9

New telemedicine guidelines from FSMB and AMA

September 1, 2014

Although telemedicine has the potential to make access to care simpler and easier, healthcare experts and telemedicine advocates still have concerns that regulatory obstacles are preventing the industry from reaching its full potential, while raising legal questions for both hospitals and...