Physician Credentialing and Technological Advancement

As Health Leaders Media reports, a commentary recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlights the ever-evolving relationship between physician credentialing and technology. In the words of one of the University of Michigan researchers who co-authored the JAMA commentary, "As surgical innovations continue to emerge, and as pressures from patients and hospital administrators to be on the cutting edge of technology continue to increase, strengthening hospitals' credentialing and privileging for new procedures should be a high-yield target for improving patient safety." For the full report from HLM, please click here.