Oct 11, 2008
http://www.medlaw.com/healthlaw/21/21_19/medical-staff-issues.shtml
Medical Staff Issues
Credentialing and quality issues regarding the medical staff.
| credentialinfo Description: This is a marketing site but does include good information and sample policies and forms for medical staff and allied health credentialing and privileging. hpCheck.com Description: A “fast, thorough service for obtaining background checks on physicians and other professionals.” Medical Staff Leaders Description: This is a marketing site but does include good information and sample policies and bylaws for medical staff leaders. Medspectrum Description: MedSpectrum helps medical staffs redesign their structure, review their processes, and use technology to improve the way they work and communicate. National Association Medical Staff Services Description: NAMSS is an international organization for the development of individuals responsible for managing credentialing, privileging, practitioner/provider organizations, and regulatory compliance in the diverse healthcare industry. National Practitioner Data Bank Description: The NPDB is a central repository of information on physicians, dentists, and in some cases, other health care practitioners. It contains reports on medical malpractice payments, adverse licensure actions, adverse clinical privilege actions, and adverse professional society memberships actions. Physicians Online Description: POL has assembled the content and communication tools to successfully build the largest and only verifiable online community of physicians. POL offers its member physicians access to comprehensive medical and non-medical resources, secure communications and Web access in a private professional network. At this time, Physicians' Online registration is limited to U.S. physicians (MDs and DOs), physicians-in-training and medical students. |

