Baptist Memorial Health Care System joined theTennessee Center for Patient Safety, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)–listed Patient Safety Organization (PSO), more than two years ago. In June 2012, Sharon Fiveash, RN, MSN, assumed the role of PSO administrator...
HCPro is working on a new book about OPPE, and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for the book is to feature case studies of organizations that have implemented an effective OPPE program or process and are excited about sharing their experience and forms with their peers.The new book...
Here’s some good advice from the news this week: Locum tenens physicians are asked to “have patience with the administrative needs of the [review] process.” Di Hall’s advice could be applied to other physicians as well. If your organization is looking for a way to save both MSPs’ and...
Might surgeons soon be rated based on videos of their work? Videography in surgical skill peer review was named as a HealthLeaders Media Top Healthcare Quality Issue for 2014. The article cited a New England Journal of Medicine study which found that when surgeons watched...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12
Do ambulatory setting and hospital privileging requirements need to match? Who can assess the competence of a practitioner when he or she is the only one with knowledge of a given specialty? In the final installment of the three-part webcast series "Overcoming Competency...
