Have you ever had the pleasure of a credentialing audit? You know, the process of having someone—an MSP from another facility, a consultant, or yourself—review what you’re doing and how you’re doing it.
We’ve all done it—read through tedious reports filled with paragraphs of blocky text, tables, and footnotes but walked away with zero useful information. We get so bogged down in the bulk of the information that we fail to see what the data mean. That’s where infographics...
It’s no secret that the current fee-for-service physician payment model is flawed. It rewards physicians for the volume of the care they provide, rather than the quality, and it does little to control costs.
Hospitalists have long been touted as the drivers of quality improvement initiatives, and one of their key tools for tracking the effectiveness of their initiatives is a dashboard. Dashboards are short reports containing data, often depicted in graphs, charts, and tables, that summarize the...
Got telemedicine practitioners on the brain? You’re not alone. From their increasing role in the hospital setting to the revolving accreditation standards, there are many reasons why medical staffs are talking about telemedicine these days.
Disaster situations can be a breeding ground for malpractice lawsuits. From reduced staff to fewer resources, medical staffs may be exposed to the most legal risks during times of crisis. However, a solid disaster credentialing policy is one form of protection medical staffs can use to decrease...
