Featured Content | Prevent turf conflicts by developing communication skills | This week, CRC Daily covers the medical staff services department. Even in the greatest hospitals and systems, communication is a challenge, and care can be segmented. As an MSP, you have the opportunity to act as an advocate for your medical staff. In your discussions with physicians or hospital employees about initiatives that are starting, make it a point to suggest physician involvement and communication. One of the best ways to resolve turf conflicts is to prevent them. |
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New Content: Members Only | Navigating the laws and benefits of telemedicine | This is the first year that all 50 states have adopted some form of telemedicine coverage. Telemedicine is the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients using an audiovisual platform—a doctor’s appointment over Skype, remotely monitoring a patient’s vitals, messaging pictures of rashes and illnesses, etc. And while certain issues will still require an in-person examination (e.g., setting a broken arm), telemedicine is opening several new options for treatment. |
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CRC Announcements | Be a part of our credentialing PSV directory! | Credentialing Resource Center is compiling and updating our directory of medical staff/credentialing contacts. The Credentialing Primary Source Verification Directory provides the direct contact information and primary source verification request procedures for more than 5,000 organizations, including hospitals, state medical boards, medical schools, and certification bodies. Adding your contact information is free and streamlines the verification request and response processes by connecting inquirers to the right contacts the first time. To add or update your contact information, click here or copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DHD7DNL Did you know? Credentialing Resource Center Platinum and Platinum Plus members receive free access to the Credentialing and Primary Source Verification Directory. The Directory is also sold as a standalone membership. For more information, click here. |
Apply to the 2018 CRC Contests! | The 2018 CRC Symposium Case Study Competition and the 2018 CRC Achievement Awards are two application-based contests that showcase excellence in the medical staff services and leadership fields. Winners, who will be selected by a panel of esteemed industry experts, will receive free admission to and recognition at the 2018 CRC Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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| | To recognize and encourage strong medical staff leadership. “Engaging active medical staff in governance of the medical staff is key to patient safety and innovative medical staffs. Recognition of these providers by a national group addresses these issues, encourages involvement, and validates the work of these providers. I felt honored by this recognition and feel it will encourage continued involvement by younger providers in medical staff governance.” —James J. Fitzgibbon, MD, FAAP, winner of the 2017 Medical Staff Leader of the Year award and member of the 2018 CRC Contest Committee For more information or to apply to the 2018 CRC Contests, click here. | |
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