Credentialing Resource Center Connection

In this week’s column, Associate Editor Emily Berry suggests a fun way to commemorate the past decade in your medical staff newsletter.

This week’s form, a professional reference questionnaire, is provided courtesy of The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc.. This sample questionnaire may be adapted for a variety of professional references, such as residency/ fellowship directors, previous healthcare affiliations (e.g., clinical service/department chair), peer recommendations, etc.

Such a questionnaire is a valuable tool in any medical staff’s credentialing process.

On request, the medical staff services department should provide prospective applicants an application packet that includes the following:

Providing support to the medical staff officers or committee chairs is an essential role of the MSP. Simply put, good support helps leaders to be effective. Knowing they have a knowledgeable MSP on whom they can rely when they have questions related to policies and procedures is important.