"Telemedicine: Performing Effective Credentialing, Privileging, and Peer Review for Remote Practitioners" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC)! ...
Since 2000, many hospitals have changed their peer review approach, with estimates that more than 50% now use the multispecialty model. Having assisted many organizations with this transformation, I wanted to find out whether these efforts were useful and sustainable.
Essentially, assessing competence in the ambulatory setting does not differ from the processes used in the acute care setting. The same requirements and expectations are applied to the ambulatory setting as well. It does not matter what terms the medical staff and organization use to describe...
"Going Paperless: University Hospitals' Case Study on Going to an Electronic-Only Medical Staff Office" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the Credentialing Resource Center....
Although the goals of competency assessment are the same for advanced practice professionals (APP) and physicians, the way in which the medical staff goes about it may differ. The medical staff should work with APPs to develop the process, which may include defining specific quality indicators...