The Complete Guide to OPPE: Strategies for Medical Staff Professionals, Physician Leaders, and Quality Directors provides medical staff leaders, medical staff professionals, and the quality team with the tools and strategies they need to effectively carry out OPPE. Following...
A recent Joint Commission survey at my organization brought another topic to light that we need to address in this series: inclusion of practitioner performance metrics that are specific more to a particular specialty, department, service line, or privilege(s) that cross specialty lines.
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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 4
The city of Manteca, California (population 71,900), some 70 miles east of San Francisco, has seen its share of economic shifts. Doctors Hospital of Manteca has seen some changes over the years as well. Marla Terrell, CPMSM, director of medical staff services at Doctors Hospital...
In preceding months, we looked at the design of an OPPE system for general performance metrics that could affect the entire medical staff, including clinical quality case review, professionalism, and medical record documentation. Although I said in last month's column we would wrap up this...
The number of retail clinics has exploded over the past decade, popping up in places such as supermarkets, retail pharmacies, and big-box retailers. With this rapid expansion, it is important to take a look at how those who staff these clinics are credentialed and how staff performance is...
The trend in recent years has seen hospitals and healthcare systems acquiring practices and employing more physicians. According to a 2014 survey conducted by healthcare staffing company Jackson Healthcare, 20% of primary care physicians were employed by a hospital. This percentage was twice as...
