A recent study from Loyola University Medical Center illustrates how adding a nurse practitioner (NP) to a medical or surgical department can improve patient discharges, reduce unnecessary readmissions through the ED, and save hospitals money.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 36
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 37
How should an organization proceed in developing or revisiting a policy covering clinical assistants and advanced practice professionals? To simplify matters, if a policy doesn’t currently exist, the best place to begin is to evaluate the current scope of practitioners allowed to practice within...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 27
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership, and other important medical staff related topics.
In my travels as a consultant, I get asked a lot of questions regarding...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 6
Allied health professionals (AHP) can and should be divided into two groups: advanced practice professionals (APP) and clinical assistants. Most hospitals do not include APPs or clinical assistants as members of the medical staff. However, because APPs must be credentialed and privileged in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 21
They could, depending on how your bylaws are constructed. First, it’s important to understand the different types of advance practice professionals (APP).