The Complete Guide to OPPE and FPPE


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OPPE and FPPE are mainstays in the privileging process, but they're anything but cut and dry. In today's evolving healthcare industry, medical staff leaders and MSPs often encounter scenarios that don't fit squarely into evaluation frameworks, such as telehealth providers, low-volume practitioners, and the growing ranks of advanced practice professionals. With a myriad of factors at play, it can be difficult to take the proper steps to ensure effective peer review. The Complete Guide to OPPE and FPPE is your comprehensive guide to navigating today's OPPE and FPPE landscape, and a handy companion to The OPPE Toolbox and The FPPE Toolbox. Authors Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, and Evalynn Buczkowski, RN, BSN, MS, shed light on the industry's most pressing questions about hard-to-evaluate practitioners, data aggregation, effective reporting strategies, and more. Plus, customizable forms make for a seamless transition from education to application. With a healthy blend of practical guidance on core OPPE and FPPE concepts and targeted strategy on specific pain points, The Complete Guide is a must-have for medical staff veterans and newcomers alike. This book will help you: - Evaluate and strengthen existing OPPE/FPPE approaches - Integrate, evaluate, and share meaningful performance data - Understand confusing OPPE/FPPE scenarios - Prepare for the future of OPPE/FPPE







Mastering Simulation, Second Edition


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Simulation can be a valuable tool in academic or clinical settings, but technology changes quickly, and faculty, students, and clinicians need to know how to respond. Understanding simulation scenarios and environments is essential when designing and implementing effective programs for interdisciplinary learners. In this fully revised second edition of Mastering Simulation, nationally known experts Janice Palaganas, Beth Ulrich, and Beth Mancini guide students and practitioners in developing clinical competencies and provide a solid foundation for improving patient outcomes. Coverage includes: · Creating simulation scenarios and improving learner performance · Designing program evaluations and managing risk and quality improvement · Developing interprofessional programs and designing research using simulation




Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide


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Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide, Sixth Edition is a must-have resource for every new or current nurse practitioner (NP) that explains and analyzes the legal issues relevant to nurse practitioners. Completely updated and revised, it includes a new chapter on answering frequently asked questions from NPs. In addition, it provides the latest state-by-state laws, including regulatory developments and prosecutions of nurse practitioners, and new case analysis and lessons learned from those cases. The Sixth Edition also provides new discussions of NP competencies, how the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree relates to NPs, the differences in primary care and acute care NPs, definitions of medical bio-ethics terminology, additional malpractice cases and the lessons to learn from them, emerging issues in health policy, guidelines around prescribing opioids and controlled drugs, clinical performance measures, electronic health records, and new opportunities for NPs u




The Oppe Toolbox


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The OPPE Toolbox: Field-tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS Not sure how to organize and present all your OPPE data? Just open your toolbox Get the tools you need to carry out OPPE. The OPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance 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. This book will help you: Save the time and hassle involved in developing OPPE forms from scratch See what your peers are using to conduct OPPE at their organizations and compare your process Implement new indicators for various specialties Pick up new tips for getting your medical staff on board with OPPE Download and customize each form




The Medical Staff Office Manual


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The Medical Staff Office Manual: Tools and Techniques for Success Marna Sorensen, CMPSM The Medical Staff Office Manual: Tools and Techniques for Success is a comprehensive guide that maps every aspect of the medical staff office, from onboarding and orienting physicians to querying other facilities for practitioner information and effectively collaborating with physician leadership. In this in-depth manual, author Marna Sorensen, CMPSM, provides MSPs guidance on their role within an organization, quick access to accreditation and regulatory information, and job descriptions and customizable forms to simplify a constantly growing list of daily responsibilities. This book will help you: Consolidate everything you need to do your job into one place Detail procedures for all of your daily tasks, including practitioner data queries, acceptance letters, job descriptions, performance reporting, and sample forms Demonstrate what you do on a daily basis and clearly define your many roles as an MSP--no more questioning who is responsible for what! Update medical staff office functions and get the word out using the new technologies at your disposal Table of Contents Introduction/How to Use This Manual Medical Staff Organization and Staffing Medical Staff Office Job Descriptions The Credentialing Process Medical Staff Clinical Privileges Advanced Practice Professionals Templates for Most-Used Forms Medical Staff Policies HR or MSO?




Effective Peer Review


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HCPro is pleased to introduce Effective Peer Review: A Practical Guide to Contemporary Design, Second Edition, authored by The Greeley Company experts, Robert J. Marder, MD and Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS. Completely updated to help you: * Comply with The Joint Commission's 2007 standards * Deliver focused and ongoing professional practice evaluations * Evaluate physician core competencies * And much more! Peer review continues to rate as a top problematic issue and one you can't ignore. The pressure is driven by publicly available national data, The Joint Commission's 2007 standards expanding measurement of physician competence, and hospital boards' need to be assured that the peer review process is functioning effectively. Learn how to go beyond just satisfying a regulatory requirement to performing peer review that fosters true improvement within your facility. Although hospitals go through the motions of peer review, they are often unable to make it a meaningful process-one that results in true improvement in physician performance and meets The Joint Commission's standards. Transform your peer review process and meet external requirements with Effective Peer Review: A Practical Guide to Contemporary Design, Second Edition. Get best practices to make peer review worthwhile Newly updated and in high demand, Effective Peer Review, Second Edition, outlines and provides advice about how to do physician peer review effectively. Authored by experts from The Greeley Company, this book and CD-ROM goes beyond just reviewing the Joint Commission standards. It puts the standards in context by emphasizing best practices you can implement in your peer review process. Plus, you'll receive thorough discussion about data analysis and collection, along with peer review scoring and rating systems. Critical information at your fingertips Offering step-by-step guidance to peer review, this book and CD-ROM will help you: * Streamline your exist




Credentialing a to Z


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Credentialing A to Z is an on-the-go reference packed with easy- to-digest information, Q&As, quizzes, notes, and downloadable forms that will help MSPs gain knowledge about their tasks and the value of their work, enhance team-building, and combat burnout and stress. Author Mary Long, CPMSM, brings in-depth insights, a light touch, and a sense of humor that fellow MSPs will appreciate. This valuable reference guide addresses, defines, and explains your toughest topics in alphabetical order, including: A: Applications-where all credentialing processes start, and possibly end. APPs-are advanced practice professionals processed through the medical staff services department or human resources? B: Bylaws, policies, and rules and regulations-do you know where your medical staff information is? C: Credentialing-the right information to verify, and the correct way to do it. G: Governance-an organized medical staff requires governance in order to function. But what does that have to do with credentialing? M: Meetings-medical staff management in "minutes." P: Peer evaluations, FPPE, and OPPE-who's a peer? Who's a good peer? Privileging-the whens and hows of core privileges, disaster privileges, emergency privileges, and temporary privileges of all stripes. R: Reappointment-building and sticking to a cycle. Red flags-spotting them, stopping them, and getting answers. V: Verification-the querying process, the organizations, and the information they provide. X, Y, and Z: Xenon, yag lasers, and zero data (mastering medical terminology-no, CABG isn't "cabbage") Credentialing A to Z provides new MSPs and credentialing coordinators on-the-job spot training that will build and test their knowledge in a fun way before they're put to the test with less-fun credentialing challenges (such as surveys). All quizzes, Q&As, and other forms are downloadable and customizable, allowing MSPs to tailor them to their programs.




The Medical Staff Leader's Survival Guide


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The Medical Staff Leader''s Survival Guide William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE An affordable, time-sensitive solution to medical staff leadership training. Physicians who accept or are assigned leadership positions are often left on their own to develop leadership skills and educate themselves about their responsibilities as medical staff leaders. Just because a physician is a great clinician does not mean he or she is a great leader. The challenges of being a successful medical staff leader are twofold: You must be well-versed in your role and responsibilities (i.e., peer review, credentialing, medical staff bylaws), and you must inspire other medical staff members to follow the rules while continuing to deliver excellent patient care. A well-trained medical staff leader is vital to the culture of a hospital''s medical staff and can save a hospital from the expense of lawsuits affiliated with negligent credentialing/peer review. This book aims to teach physicians how to become great medical staff leaders and how to motivate other medical staff members on topics such as: AHP credentialing and supervision Reappointment challenges Physician-hospital competition Liability risks Medical staff disharmony and distrust Table of Contents Chapter 1: Where to Begin? Principles of Governance Chapter 2: Meetings: The Cost of Holding a Meeting Chapter 3: Meetings: How to Run an Effective Meeting Chapter 4: Overcoming Physician Apathy Chapter 5: Job Descriptions: Medical Staff Leaders Chapter 6: The VPMA/CMO: Where This Fits Chapter 7: Credentialing and Privileging: Requirements, Guidelines and Tips Chapter 8: New Technology Privileges Chapter 9: Privileging Disputes and How to Resolve Them Chapter 10: Advanced Practice Professionals Chapter 11: Low-Volume, No-Volume Practitioners Chapter 12: The Aging Physician Chapter 13: Proctoring (FPPE) Chapter 14: Peer Review (OPPE): Some Best Practices Chapter 15: Dealing with the Physician with Problems Chapter 16: Corrective Action: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Chapter 17: Physicians and Hospital Administration: They''re Just Different Chapter 18: EMTALA and Emergency Department Coverage Chapter 19: Conflicts of Interest Chapter 20: Economic Credentialing Chapter 21: Physician-Nursing Relationships Chapter 22: Health Care Finance: A Primer Chapter 23: Medical Errors Disclosure Chapter 24: Employed Practitioners Chapter 25: Contracted Practitioners Chapter 26: Confidentiality Chapter 27: Accreditation and Regulation Chapter 28: Bylaws and Related Documents Chapter 29: Medical Staff Governance: Myths and Misconceptions Chapter 30: Personal Characteristics of Great Leaders Who will benefit from this book? Directors of medical staff offices, vice presidents of medical affairs, medical staff presidents, credentials committee chairs and members, committee and department chairs




Making Healthcare Safe


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This unique and engaging open access title provides a compelling and ground-breaking account of the patient safety movement in the United States, told from the perspective of one of its most prominent leaders, and arguably the movement’s founder, Lucian L. Leape, MD. Covering the growth of the field from the late 1980s to 2015, Dr. Leape details the developments, actors, organizations, research, and policy-making activities that marked the evolution and major advances of patient safety in this time span. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, this book not only comprehensively details how and why human and systems errors too often occur in the process of providing health care, it also promotes an in-depth understanding of the principles and practices of patient safety, including how they were influenced by today’s modern safety sciences and systems theory and design. Indeed, the book emphasizes how the growing awareness of systems-design thinking and the self-education and commitment to improving patient safety, by not only Dr. Leape but a wide range of other clinicians and health executives from both the private and public sectors, all converged to drive forward the patient safety movement in the US. Making Healthcare Safe is divided into four parts: I. In the Beginning describes the research and theory that defined patient safety and the early initiatives to enhance it. II. Institutional Responses tells the stories of the efforts of the major organizations that began to apply the new concepts and make patient safety a reality. Most of these stories have not been previously told, so this account becomes their histories as well. III. Getting to Work provides in-depth analyses of four key issues that cut across disciplinary lines impacting patient safety which required special attention. IV. Creating a Culture of Safety looks to the future, marshalling the best thinking about what it will take to achieve the safe care we all deserve. Captivatingly written with an “insider’s” tone and a major contribution to the clinical literature, this title will be of immense value to health care professionals, to students in a range of academic disciplines, to medical trainees, to health administrators, to policymakers and even to lay readers with an interest in patient safety and in the critical quest to create safe care.