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The Court of Appeal for the Second District of California (the “Court”) affirmed a Superior Court of Los Angeles County decision to dismiss a...Read More »
Platinum Plus members receive expanded access to the Credentialing Resource Center’s (CRC) ever-growing sample forms library. Click the links...Read More »
This tool can be used to capture feedback from the full range of stakeholders who contribute to medical staff appointment and privileging decision-making, from the department chair’s initial recommendation through the governing body’s official authorization. Given its summary of key steps in the...
Most accreditors allow hospitals to grant temporary privileges to fulfill an important patient care, treatment, or service need, such as when a patient requires care involving specific clinical skills that are not currently available on the medical staff. Because the documentation of this need...
It’s a mild April morning. Dr. Smith, an accomplished surgeon, and Bill Loney, an affable—if absent-minded—general surgery practice manager,...Read More »
