The Joint Commission’s new survey scoring system features clear visuals, emphasizes patient safety, and engages hospital leaders, according to compliance experts. But inconsistent surveyor application is one early glitch in the matrix.
When it comes to digital adoption, the world of healthcare credentialing is catching on. What was once a predominantly paper-based process is now undergoing a shift toward automation.
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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 7
Increasingly, mergers and acquisitions are making strange bedfellows of acute, ambulatory, and postacute care facilities. As these newly aligned entities share practitioners and best practices, formalized credentialing is catching on across the care continuum.
In many nontraditional...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 7
As physician shortages grow, the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) applying for hospital and ambulatory privileges is rising rapidly. Despite this evolution, regulations and internal standards governing APPs’ work remain variable. Some states grant advanced practice registered...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 6
In states where advanced practice professionals (APP) must practice under a physician’s tutelage, a collaborative or supervisory agreement may be required to delineate the nature of this relationship.
The specific contents and implicated parties of such agreements vary by state,...