Too often, physicians accept a medical staff leadership position without a thorough understanding of the actual requirements, skills, time, and abilities needed to be successful in their role. Clear expectations for leadership roles are important for encouraging medical staff members to...
MSPs routinely collect individual practitioner disciplinary actions and malpractice claims data through the NPDB and insurance carriers. However, hospitals often do not compare trends in the aggregate data for specific states. In this article, we take a look at some of the data trends, the...
The benefits of a criteria-based core privileging system need to be emphasized and demonstrated from the start. It is absolutely essential to be able to quantify the benefits that your organization would gain by transitioning from the current privileging system to a criteria-based core...
If your organization is struggling with where to place a practitioner in one of your medical staff categories, you either have too few or too many medical staff categories. Consider arranging your medical staff categories into these four common categories.
More than 16,500 students, residents, and physicians have joined a nationwide campaign calling on the National Board of Medical Examiners to replace the Step 2 Clinical Skills exam with one that is less of a financial burden. The exam is offered at five sites nationwide and tests the students’...
The credentialing process for advanced practice providers (APP) is basically the same as for other practitioners. However, APPs do come with their own set of challenges. State scope-of-practice and professional licensure laws are disparate and changing rapidly. In addition, hospital policies can...
