Updates to the NPDB Guidebook are being met with some resistance from legal and regulatory organizations, particularly concerning the way in which the NPDB defines an investigation.
If you’re looking for a better way to track peer review cases, mark Tuesday, June 10 on your calendar. That’s the day of a free presentation of HCPro’s Peer Review Case Tracking Database, which will run from noon to 1:00 p.m. Eastern. The Peer Review Case Tracking Database enables MSPs to...
Collecting and assessing information on physician competence are daunting tasks. But when physician leaders have this information, deciding what to do with it can be even more challenging. What steps should they be taking? Can they work with the physician to help him or her improve (...
With the changing demographics of the hospital medical staff comes growing challenges. Now HCPro is offering a pair of resources to help you address these challenges. Next week you’ll have an opportunity to get answers to your questions about aging physicians, assessment, and fair policies....
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is implementing new requirements for competence assessment, including OPPE and FPPE. Medical Staff Briefing spoke recently with Karen Y. Beem, MS, RN, Standards Interpretation Specialist at HFAP, in Chicago,...
Baptist Memorial Health Care System joined theTennessee Center for Patient Safety, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)–listed Patient Safety Organization (PSO), more than two years ago. In June 2012, Sharon Fiveash, RN, MSN, assumed the role of PSO administrator...
