Last April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finalized the first substantive updates to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Guidebook in more than a decade. Roughly one year after the rollout, experts say the broadened reporting expectations have weightier...
Given the growing diversity in hospital specialties, competency assessment should tap many sources, rather than relying too heavily on any single channel. And prospective criteria sources are abundant, according to David J. Siegler, MD, a pediatric physician with Child Neurology...
This week’s free resource comes from Resolve Practitioner Turf Conflicts. Privilege disputes require the cooperation of your medical staff and administrative leadership to resolve. The development of a policy...
A criteria-based core privileging system ensures consistency, flexibility, efficiency, and objectivity but making the transition can be a daunting and overwhelming task. Take the hassle out of that transition with ...
When a hospital has established which ambulatory sites require practitioners to be privileged, its medical staff needs to evaluate the scope of services provided at the site by physicians and advanced practice professionals, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Thereafter, the...
