While having a sexual harassment policy is necessary if you want to stop this behavior, CEOs often believe (mistakenly) that a good policy and HR department will prevent and mitigate any allegations, says Kate Fenner, PhD, RN, managing director of Compass Clinical Consulting.

With 26,735 nurse practitioners (NP), Florida ranks as the state with the highest number of actively licensed NPs. California and Texas round out the top three, with 23,752 and 20,307, respectively. Those three states are also the most populated ones in the U.S.

Any type of peer review can be daunting for MSPs and physicians alike, and focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) is no exception. In 2008, The Joint Commission (TJC) implemented requirements for verifying practitioner competency, which included FPPE. Under those new standards, organizations accredited by TJC were required to create and abide by policies for conducting FPPE of their practitioners.

Practically every role in a healthcare organization can stand to have a healthy relationship with the IT department. This includes MSPs. In the course of a routine day, MSPs often need to work with IT, or someone familiar with the facility’s IT infrastructure.

In this 90-minute webinar, Sharon Beckwith, CEO of MD Review, and Brock Bordelon, MD, medical director at MD Review, provide actionable strategies for effective peer review, offer evaluation methodologies for monitoring physician performance, and describe common pitfalls that impede the peer review process. The speakers also highlight the crucial role of communication in effective peer review and explain the advantages of methods such as simulation, proctoring, and external review.