One way to encourage physician proctoring is to make it a medical staff expectation—either informally through your culture or formally through your medical staff governance documents. At St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, California, the medical staff rules and regulations and bylaws make...

This checklist will help medical staffs select indicators for use in OPPE/FPPE. Indicators should be evaluated for validity, accuracy, benefits, attribution, communicability, competency, and data availability. Keep in mind that some indicators will be more relevant than others based on specialty...

Most medical staffs and healthcare organizations have found it challenging to find physicians willing and available to proctor colleagues. In hospital settings, many medical staffs overcome these barriers by making proctoring an obligation of staff membership. Usually, this is facilitated by a...

Identifying red flags within credentialing applications can be the first step to protecting yourself and your facility from a successful plaintiff litigation. In this 90-minute webinar, expert Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, discusses ways to recognize issues within a...

In 2015, the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) quietly updated its guidelines. In this 90-minute webinar, expert Todd Sagin, MD, JD, reviews the new guidelines, which include expanded definitions of “investigations” that can trigger reports to the NPDB. Attendees also learn...

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