No matter how pressing the need is to fill a vacancy, or how much the medical staff services department (MSSD) can finesse the typical credentialing timeline, certain medical staff candidates won't make the cut. If an expedited application raises any concerns about quality (e.g., a negative...
"When I talk about PSOs what seems to resonate are the peer review protections. And what I say is, look, this is not a mafia regime coming to the neighborhood to offer you protection," says Matthew Womble, executive director, Emergency Medical Error Reduction Group, a PSO based...
Daily news reports highlight the growing need for increased medical care of the Baby Boomer generation. Within your medical staff community though, the discussion is probably not focused on the Baby Boomers as patients, but rather as the ones providing the care.
Practitioners’ scopes of practice are primarily established by the state, rather than the federal, government. Hospitals then determine allowed practice parameters within state boundaries. In other words, if a state has expanded the scope of an advanced practice professional’s (APP) practice,...
