This week, CRC Daily is covering credentialing. The medical credentialing process is incredibly long and bureaucratic, with massive amounts of repetitive paperwork going to several different agencies with different methodologies, each laboring under the impression that their means of operation is best. It would do MSPs well to learn from agencies in other fields with similarly complex processes. One of those fields is homeland security.

With a new year comes a strong desire to look back at the events of the past, especially as we evaluate the potential impact they can have on our future.

I am currently preparing a lecture on the progress of healthcare quality evaluation based on extensive research and my personal involvement with the quality movement over the last 30 years. This month’s column will summarize some of the major milestones impacting the evolution of hospital-based peer review during the 20^th century, and how that set the stage for 21^st-century peer review. My intent is to consider the elements that have worked—and those that haven’t—and the lessons we should take with us as we go forward in the hopes of continuously improving the healthcare we provide.

Check out (and contribute to) the latest conversations on topics ranging from certification to sharing OPPE information.

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Miss our highlights from the 2018 CRC Symposium? You can check them out here.