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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Leadership Insights

Testing aging surgeons' skills

A growing number of physicians are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, leading health systems to create policies to test the physical, cognitive, and clinical skills of its surgeons. In 2014, there were nearly 100,000 physicians in their 70s still practicing, up 2% from 2012, according to an estimate from the Journal of Medical Regulation.

Heard this week

"Nearly the entire North Coast is a doctor desert."

- Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) discusses the bill he authored that allows California critical access hospitals to employ physicians.

 

 

CRC Announcements

Share your outstanding tools with peers across the country!

Development of The Credentialing and Privileging Toolbox is underway! The 2017 title will feature first-class, field-sourced credentialing and privileging resources, along with expert commentary on what makes them so great. Think The OPPE Toolbox and The FPPE Toolbox but with practitioner vetting–focused tools.

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Product Spotlight

The OPPE Toolbox: Field-tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance

Get the tools you need to carry out OPPE. This book contains forms and policies that hospitals of various scope and size are currently using to conduct OPPE that complies with accreditors’ standards. Streamline your processes, eliminate the background work, and implement a comprehensive and compliant OPPE process with these expertly reviewed tools and forms. Author Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, provides medical staff leaders, medical staff professionals, and the quality team with best practices and highlights how to tailor the tools to your organization’s needs.

 
 

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