The Joint Commission has added antidiscrimination language to MS.06.01.07 and MS.07.01.01 that prevents medical staffs from making medical staff appointment and credentialing decisions based on gender, race, creed, or national origin.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 24
No. When deciding whether a document should be classified as peer review, MSPs and medical staff leaders should check their state peer review statutes. “A lot of states have peer review statutes of their own in addition to the [Health Care Quality Improvement Act] statute,” says Annemarie Martin...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 24
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 23
To measure the burden of ED call on your medical staff, it is important to collect data on unassigned patients, but first you must define the term “unassigned ED patient.” It is a patient who, in the judgment of the attending emergency physician, requires on-site consultation, which may include...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 23
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
