For most medical staffs, OPPE and FPPE have become everyday parlance. Others still think of them as four-letter words. Now, several years after OPPE and FPPE were added to The Joint Commission's standards for hospitals, some facilities are still struggling to perfect their practices.
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...
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.
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...
The aging of both the current healthcare workforce and the population in general, coupled with the dramatic healthcare reform facing the country, has increased the demand for many healthcare professionals and expanded the roles and skill sets for existing professionals.
A program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville is making significant inroads in helping physicians improve the way they practice medicine or change behaviors after patients complain about them, either because of their actions or their clinical work. If they are having trouble...
