Allied Health Professionals

Editor's note: This is the fourth and final article in MSB's allied health practitioner series by Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq...Read More »

As multiple mid-level practitioners crowd around the operating room table, one profession stands out amid these often confusing and blurred roles...Read More »

MSPs and credentials committee members must sort through a myriad of terms, acronyms, and licensing bodies when credentialing and privileging...Read More »

In November, 2012, the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) announced that it now offers fellowship designation to nurse...Read More »

To keep up with today's complex privileging requirements, MSPs need to understand the growing roles of APPs and how they...Read More »

On November 18, 2011, CMS released a new change to the ­Conditions of Participation (CoP) and ­Interpretative Guidelines under...Read More »

As part of President Obama's executive order "Improving Regulations and Regulatory Review," which aims to reduce unnecessarily...Read More »

A recent study from Loyola University Medical ­Center illustrates how adding a nurse practitioner (NP) to a medical or surgical department can...Read More »

The first...Read More »

How should an organization proceed in developing or revisiting a policy covering clinical assistants and advanced practice professionals? To...Read More »