Ask the expert: How often should your medical staff conduct OPPE?
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, July 3, 2008
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The Joint Commission’s standards for ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) require a systematic and timely review of performance data. The most practical approach is to distribute the report every six months. This provides physicians with four reports in a two-year cycle and gives him or her a reasonable opportunity for improvement during that period if an indicator is outside the acceptable level.
This week’s answer is from Measuring Physician Competency: How to Collect, Assess, and Provide Performance Data, by Robert Marder, MD; Mark Smith, MD; Marla Smith, MHSA; and Vicki Searcy, CPMSM.
We want to hear from the expert in you. How often does your organization conduct OPPE? What OPPE-related feedback did you receive from The Joint Commission during your last survey? Send your answers to Associate Editor Emily Berry at eberry@hcpro.com.
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