Advanced practice professionals (APP) have medical training but are not physicians. APPs have more advanced training and independence than do allied health professionals, and they play an increasingly important role in today’s healthcare industry. Some states allow independent practice by nurse practitioners (NP), physician assistants (PA), and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), which are the most common APPs in most hospitals. APPs in an organization might also include certified nurse-midwives, optometrists, and psychologists.

In 2016, one third of medicine residency directors were burned out and about half had considered resigning in the preceding year, recent research shows. Residency director burnout and turnover can have several negative consequences for health systems, hospitals, and physician practices, including lower educational program effectiveness and long-term adverse effects on physicians in training.

Credentialing Resource Center's library of core privilege forms reflect industry best practices and expert research for a variety of physician, advanced practice, and allied health specialties and subspecialties. This sample privilege form will help you create your own version for clinical psychologists.

According to CMS, delineation of clinical privileges must be hospital-specific. Therefore, when developing your core privileging system, list only those services and procedures that your hospital currently provides; e.g., an activity/task/procedure that the hospital can support and is conducted within the hospital. Do not include services and procedures that your hospital might offer in the future—the forms will not be hospital-specific if they contain services that the hospital does not currently provide.

Returning to practice or reengaging in specific practice areas can be a daunting process, both for physicians and for the hospitals where they seek to practice. Every year, large numbers of physicians seek to return to practice after an extended voluntary absence from patient care. Others have never left practice but are requesting to expand or change their scope of practice and refresh skill sets they have not used in several years.

Physicians, did you know that you can hack your way to faster and better sleep? The best part is that it’s through music. A certain type of music, called binaural beats, can alter the brain’s frequency of delta wave production, which are the brain waves that enable a person to fall asleep. For physicians, this can be an excellent way to take advantage of strategic napping.

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