While artificial intelligence might be headline news, healthcare and medicine will remain the domain of human caregivers for a long time to come. Doctors to diagnose illnesses, nurses to care for patients. Surgeons to perform operations, lab techs to identify diseases. Receptionists, pharmacists...
Documentation is imperative to a successful investigation and resolution of physician impairment and/or inappropriate behavior. It is critical in demonstrating patterns of behavior. In cases that lead to disciplinary actions, documentation is necessary to establish cause for the action
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 1
Check with your accrediting organization and local or state boards of pharmacy to ensure that your hospitals understand the expectations for how often staff must demonstrate core competencies in sterile drug compounding. The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has revised its standard under USP <797...
In an insightful Q&A with Mathieu O. Gaulin, CPMSM, CPCS, senior director of professional medical staff services at Boston Children’s Hospital, we delve into the intricate relationship between credentialing processes and his overarching strategic goals.
Credentialing leaders and MSPs naturally care about the well-being of physicians. Their relationship with healthcare providers should go beyond the various transactions of reappointments, paperwork, and database entry and verification. That’s why it’s a good idea to keep up with the latest on...
How do you assess the competence of a practitioner who is clinically active at another facility with very little or no activity in your organization? MSPs see these types of cases all the time when they credential a new practitioner’s request for clinical privileges when that practitioner has...
