The term “benchmark” originates from the chiseled horizontal marks surveyors made in stone structures, into which an angle-iron was placed to form a “bench” for a leveling rod for accurate future use. The meaning came from a long tract of level, elevated land called a bench. More recently, this...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
How do you make OPPE and FPPE more than just an item on the regulatory compliance checklist? Although it has been 10 years since The Joint Commission released its ongoing and focused professional practice evaluation standards, organizations are still struggling to develop meaningful processes...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
When talking about his decision to take on various medical staff leadership roles,James J. Fitzgibbon, MD, FAAP,says it was simply expected of all of medical staff members as part of their citizenship. However, Fitzgibbon’s long, rich history as a medical...
The most common rule indicators are going to be your core measures where the physician is responsible for something. Rule indicators are an event, and we are looking at how well they were complied with, and when they are not, you want to respond quickly to the practitioner to let them know they...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 2
This week, CRC Daily covers peer review, OPPE, and FPPE. To have confidence in peer review program data, an oversight body needs a reasonable understanding of how the data were produced. It also needs to know how the data are evaluated and what is done with the results. Explain to the...
