A new bill passed by Colorado lawmakers would ban the doxxing of healthcare workers and other protected persons in an effort to shield them from threats and harassment. The bill now goes to Governor Jared Polis to be signed into law.

The story of Michael Swango, the physician currently serving a life prison sentence for poisoning his patients and colleagues, motivated numerous medical executive committees to conduct background investigations on all medical staff applicants. Such practices allow medical staffs to identify individuals who are not qualified for medical staff membership and clinical privileges.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest is changing its delivery days! Instead of landing in your inbox Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, CRC Digest will now arrive on Fridays only. Not to worry: You will still receive the same timely, engaging content that CRC Digesthas always provided you, just in a way that doesn't clutter your inbox! Look for your first edition of the new CRC Digest on Friday, March 18.

We know you enjoy your free content from Credentialing Resource Center Digest. Now it's time to learn how a paid subscription to Credentialing Resource Center can help you in your daily tasks. Credentialing Resource Center is an easy-to-access portal that provides MSPs, quality professionals, and medical staff leaders with a collection of continuously updated tools, best practice strategies, and compliance tips developed by industry experts. Join our live, 30-minute demo on Tuesday, March 15 at 1:00 p.m. ET to learn how Credentialing Resource Center can help you and your team. To sign up, click here.

Peer review, quality, and patient safety—the literature on these topics could fill a small library. However, the role of the medical executive committee (MEC) is not to become subject matter experts on these topics, but rather to effectively discharge their duties and responsibilities. Therefore, this article will provide some definitions, background, framework, and lists to give MEC members a high-level overview of the topic, so that they won’t embarrass themselves when talking about the subject.

A model frequently used to describe medical error is the “Swiss cheese model” described in the book Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents by James T. Reason. The concept is simple: reduce the number of holes (errors) and increase the number of barriers (error prevention processes). If the holes in the cheese line up, an error reaches the patient, potentially causing harm. Keep in mind that as no person is perfect, neither is any barrier perfect. The concept is shown here.

Download this sample Plan-Do-Check-Act diagram, which can be used to help you manage system performance.

Last month in CRCJ, we covered some important duties for MSPs and the latest trends and insights for those roles. This month, we look deeper into some key responsibilities. Jodie Chant, MPA/HCA, BHSA, CPCS, RHIT, president of Chant Medical Staff Resources, LLC, shares insights on four particular aspects of an MSP’s role:

• Governance
• Clinical and professional practice measures and analytics
• Medicolegal concepts
• Provider enrollment