MSP Perspective: Reciprocal audits offer low-cost learning for MSPs
Medical Staff Briefing, February 1, 2010
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Ask any MSP, and he or she will tell you that having the funds available to attend conferences and purchase educational materials, such as books and newsletter subscriptions, is essential to having a well-functioning medical staff services department (MSSD). However, those funds are often the first to go when hospitals launch cost-saving initiatives.
One innovative way to provide every MSP in your MSSD with the education they need at low to no cost is through reciprocal audits. During a reciprocal audit, MSPs from Hospital A visit the MSSD at Hospital B and spend the day reviewing credentialing and peer review files, processes, and policies. During that time, they look for inefficiencies, share best practices, and discuss common problems and possible solutions. In return, MSPs from Hospital B do the same for the MSPs at Hospital A at a later date.
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