Many medical staffs invest a considerable amount of time thinking about or actually developing and trying to implement ambulatory privileges. Before your medical staff does so, make sure to answer this questions: Are you required to have separate ambulatory privileges for those physicians...
Last month, we explored the “germinating seed” in some medical staff leaders of the recognition that there might be more to healthcare than just the physician-patient interaction that is the cornerstone of our medical training and experience. If this happens, medical staff leaders are encouraged...
In an effort to enhance management skills and improve patient outcomes, L.A. Care Health Plan is offering physicians a six-month training program to become better leaders.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 5
Last month, I began discussing credentialing the “others” roaming your hospital’s hallways—contract personnel, medical device reps, commercial visitors, healthcare indus-try reps, vendor reps, etc.—and how vendor credential management (VCM) works. Now, I’d like to touch on the benefits of VCM...
As physician shortages grow, the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) applying for hospital and ambulatory privileges is rising rapidly. Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, advisory consultant with The Greeley Company and president of PRO-CON, an Illinois-based medical staff...
