Reducing Anxiety
No, this is not about your anxiety, which is way too prevalent in healthcare these days, but about reducing the anxiety of hospitalized patients. A recent Wall Street Journal article (11/12/13)...
View ArticleMedical School Applicants and Graduates on the Rise
The number of medical school applicants and graduates is increasing. Well that’s a relief! This will fix the physician shortage right? Probably not (OK definitely not). A few studies show that the...
View ArticlePreparing for an aging physician work force
More physicians are delaying retirement and practicing longer, and medical staffs across the country are wondering how to help physicians stay in practice longer while promoting quality care. The fact...
View ArticleMonday memo: Get the picture?
Everyone knows the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. A picture that informs might be worth even more words, and a chart that displays and analyzes data in an informative way can be even...
View ArticleMonday memo: OPPE, FPPE, and ambulatory sites
In the final installment of the three-part webcast series “Overcoming Competency Assessment Challenges,” Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, senior consultant at The Greeley Company; and Sally J. Pelletier,...
View ArticleCMS Physician Compare, HCAHPS, and physician leaders
As a physician leader, when you think about publicly reported quality data, do you wince at potentially bad news, or do you welcome the newly available data as another tool for improving patient care?...
View ArticleAn insider’s view of a practitioner turf conflict
Jack Cox, MD, MMM, one of the authors of Resolve Practitioner Turf Conflicts: Medical Staff, AHP, and Offsite Disputes, sat down with HCPro to share his personal experience with turf conflicts as both...
View ArticleQuestion 4: Physician assessment
To celebrate National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week, the CRC blog is featuring five days of familiar questions with answers from some of our expert sources. Today’s answer is from Steven...
View ArticleCRC Symposium by the numbers
In no particular order, here are are six figures from the opening Credentialing Resource Center Symposium sessions today: In an audience of approximately 120 people, two attendees said their...
View ArticleLog in and be counted
I’ve gotten a bunch of email correspondence regarding the 2015 MSP Salary Survey, and the level of interest is exciting—11 additional survey respondents weighed in as I was assembling this post! Thank...
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