hospitals
Malpractice or Missing Systems? Rethinking How VHA Names Physicians in NPDB Reports
Is it always the physician's fault — or is VHA naming individuals for failures in systems it was responsible for maintaining?
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NPDB
What Does the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Consider a "Reportable" Adverse Clinical Privileges Action?
Reportability of adverse clinical privileges actions often hinges on one term: "professional review action." Here is what that means in practice — and what the NPDB's own guidance does not spell out
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8 Tips for Interim Medical Staff Services Directors: Keeping Credentialing and Privileging Processes on Point When You're Covering the Role
Healthcare systems lose ground fast when the Medical Staff Services Director seat is empty. Here's what interim coverage actually requires — from someone brought in to fix it.
Insights
How MECs Actually Evaluate NPDB Reports When You Apply for Hospital Privileges
If you have an NPDB report and a credentialing application ahead, you're likely guessing at what happens once your file reaches the committee. It's not a tribunal — it's peer review with its own logic. Here's what's actually happening on the other side.
Physicians
Before You Sign Another Hospital Order: The Overlooked Rights That Protect Physicians from System Failures
Your license is accountable for outcomes that often depend on systems you didn't design and can't fully control. What most physicians don't know is that their Medical Staff membership — backed by Joint Commission standards — gives them a formal, documented right to escalate when those systems fail.
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7 Tips for Making Sure Your OPPE Program Passes a Joint Commission Survey
For hospital executives, MECs, and Medical Staff professionals: seven field-tested tips for building an OPPE program that holds up under Joint Commission scrutiny.