Citing reduced wait times and lower costs, a recent Ernst & Young survey of nearly 2,500 consumers found that more than 50% reported being comfortable contacting their physicians digitally and already use available technology to do so.

Published 3/5/18

Last month, my column covered the evolution of peer review during the 20th century and some lessons learned from its successes and failures. To quickly summarize, the changes in medical staff structures and functions began to intertwine with a desire for better measurement of physician performance in the first decade of the 21st century. This would ultimately impact the following four areas of medical staff peer review: Multi-specialty peer review, Standardization of case review, Aggregate physician performance measures, Movement toward a positive peer review culture.

What would you like to see included in the following book: The Credentialing Resource Center’s Top Tools and Forms of 2018. This book would be a  compilation of the CRC expert community’s favorite field-sourced materials, complete with helpful commentary on each chosen resource’s merit and potential applications in the field. Please let us know what types of forms you would like to see included in this book, if you would prefer a hard copy or electronic version, and what type of advice should accompany the forms.

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