Compare and contrast The Joint Commission and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care stances on competence assessment for initial appointment/initial clinical privileges.
Last week, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission officially began accepting applications from qualified physicians who wish to obtain medical licenses in multiple states, according to an ...
Development of The Credentialing and Privileging Toolbox is underway! The 2017 title will feature first-class, field-sourced credentialing and privileging resources, along with expert commentary on what makes them so great. Think ...
Given the physical barriers telemedicine poses to conventional credentialing, privileging, and peer review approaches, it’s important to pave new paths for confirming competence and fostering collegiality among all practitioners with ties to a facility. Empower distant practitioners to not only...
In 2011, CMS issued a final rule that stated a hospital or critical access hospital seeking telemedicine services (the originating site) can use the credentialing and privileging information from the telemedicine provider’s site (the distant site) to make credentialing and privileging decisions...
Telepsychiatry shows promise as a way for hospitals to deliver scarce services to vulnerable patients, particularly in medically underserved areas. Often, telepsychiatry enables practitioners to evaluate and treat people who otherwise might not receive mental healthcare. For most organizations,...