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Contest entry: OPPE forms for psychiatry
Thanks to Sharon Chaput, RN, CSHA, director of regulatory and quality management at Brattleboro Retreat in Brattleboro, VT, for sending in this OPPE indicator form and OPPE master grid. We here at HCPro have heard for several years now how tricky FPPE and OPPE can be, so we’re happy to share these forms, which can be adapted to meet the needs of any specialty.
“The Joint Commission surveyor told us this past June that this form is the best he has seen in the country,” Chaput writes.
Thanks for sharing, Sharon!
The Greeley Medical Staff Institute Symposium is just weeks away. Be sure to enter our contest to win two free seats before it’s too late!!
Hot topic: Low-volume providers
The medical staff crowd is buzzing with questions regarding credentialing and privileging low- and no-volume practitioners. The topic gets hotter as more physicians abandon hospital care to focus on their more lucrative outpatient practices, which inevitably makes it difficult for the medical staff services department to assess their clinical competence.
The Greeley Company is addressing low- and no-volume providers in its new white paper: Low-Volume/No-Volume Practitioners: Best Practices for Competency, Privileging, and Strategy. Check out this excerpt:
A best practice is to develop your approach to low-volume/no-volume providers,
including the design and implementation of an effective outreach program, as part of a comprehensive strategic medical staff plan. In the past, healthcare organizations created physician recruitment plans based on the demographic analysis of current physician-to-population ratios and an aging analysis of current members on the medical staff roster. Such medical staff development plans were adequate for demonstrating community need and justifying recruitment and salary guarantee support, but they are no longer adequate to meet today’s challenges. Now, a strategic medical staff development plan needs to begin by recognizing the medical staff as one of the hospital’s most valuable resources.
If there is one thing that I’ve learned from all the buzz, it’s that this issue needs to be tackled from two angles: the credentialing and privileging issues related to low- and no-volume providers to help MSPs do their jobs more effectively, and strategic development planning spearheaded by leaders. If medical staff leaders aren’t tackling strategic planning issues, MSPs will have a more difficult time helping the hospital comply with the Joint Commission’s FPPE and OPPE standards.
I’d love to hear from you if your facility has questions or concerns regarding low- and no-volume practitioners. And of course, we’re always looking great tips, so e-mail me at ejones@hcpro.com if you want to share your formula for success! I’d also suggest picking up a copy of Assessing the Competency of Low-Volume Practitioners, Second Edition. I may be a bit biased, but I think it’s a great resource for MSPs and medical staff leaders alike.
Free Form Friday: OPPE policy
Welcome back to the fifth – and final – week of Free Form Friday!
This week’s form is a sample ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE). It contains the framework of one medical staff’s OPPE policy, and is intended to be customized by individual departments. As always, it is a sample form and should be tailored to comply with your organization’s policies.
To access this week’s form, click here.