OPPE and FPPE are mainstays in the privileging process, but they're anything but cut and dry. In today's evolving healthcare industry, medical staff leaders and MSPs often encounter scenarios that don't fit squarely into evaluation frameworks, such as telehealth providers, low-volume practitioners, and the growing ranks of advanced practice professionals. With a myriad of factors at play, it can be difficult to take the proper steps to ensure effective peer review. The Complete Guide to OPPE and FPPE is your comprehensive guide to navigating today's OPPE and FPPE landscape, and a handy companion to The OPPE Toolbox and The FPPE Toolbox. Authors Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, and Evalynn Buczkowski, RN, BSN, MS, shed light on the industry's most pressing questions about hard-to-evaluate practitioners, data aggregation, effective reporting strategies, and more. Plus, customizable forms make for a seamless transition from education to application. With a healthy blend of practical guidance on core OPPE and FPPE concepts and targeted strategy on specific pain points, The Complete Guide is a must-have for medical staff veterans and newcomers alike. This book will help you: - Evaluate and strengthen existing OPPE/FPPE approaches - Integrate, evaluate, and share meaningful performance data - Understand confusing OPPE/FPPE scenarios - Prepare for the future of OPPE/FPPE
The FPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance, Second Edition Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE In order to be compliant with The Joint Commission's requirements of establishing and tracking practitioner competency using measurable data, MSOs must apply and adopt a standard framework defining the dimensions of privileged practitioners' performance. But just like all healthcare regulations, the focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) of providers is a process that is constantly changing and being refined. With an evolving provider landscape and commensurate legal findings, knowing how to collect, organize, and document FPPE data is critical for all facilities. Failing to gather and organize sufficient FPPE data in a standardized way presents risks including redundancy, inconsistency across specialties, and inadequate articulations for practitioners regarding their role in FPPE. The second edition of The FPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance provides an up-to-date, comprehensive resource with the forms and tools MSOs need to conduct and manage FPPE. This book provides compliant and customizable forms, policies, letters, scorecards, and reports that can be utilized in facilities of all types and sizes. Author Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, shares her expert knowledge so MSPs can create a cohesive competency documentation process at their organization. This toolbox offers sample tools you can adapt for use in your own facility without making you wade through lengthy background information, including: Case studies describing how your peers implemented FPPE FPPE policy documents FPPE language excerpted from peers' bylaws documents or policies and procedures Department-specific proctoring forms Inpatient and outpatient proctoring forms FPPE documents for HFAP-accredited facilities Forms that work for initial appointment and for-cause FPPE, and documents that illustrate the OPPE-FPPE connection Notification to a practitioner--successful conclusion of provisional staff status and advancement of staff category A letter to a physician requesting his or her service as proctor Physician competency data scorecards Retrospective, concurrent, and prospective proctoring guidelines This book: Saves time--medical staff offices don't need to develop an FPPE system from scratch or spend hours researching and updating their organizations' outdated forms Eliminates the hassle of having to research FPPE forms and policies from multiple sources Enables MSPs to download, adapt, and use the most up-to-date FPPE forms at their organization Provides tips on implementing the forms and applying FPPE data to credentialing and privileging decisions in the future Includes field-tested FPPE policies and forms in use now at medical staff services departments nationwide Five organizations have FPPE down to a science, and they've shared their policies and forms in this book. These all-new, downloadable forms cover all aspects of FPPE for new applicants and for cause, from proctoring and other practitioner evaluation methods to quality indicators to compliance with The Joint Commission and HFAP standards.
The OPPE Toolbox: Field-tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS Not sure how to organize and present all your OPPE data? Just open your toolbox Get the tools you need to carry out OPPE. The OPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance contains forms and policies that hospitals of various scope and size are currently using to conduct OPPE that complies with accreditors' standards. Streamline your processes, eliminate the background work, and implement a comprehensive and compliant OPPE process with these expertly reviewed tools and forms. Author Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, provides medical staff leaders, medical staff professionals, and the quality team with best practices and highlights how to tailor the tools to your organization's needs. This book will help you: Save the time and hassle involved in developing OPPE forms from scratch See what your peers are using to conduct OPPE at their organizations and compare your process Implement new indicators for various specialties Pick up new tips for getting your medical staff on board with OPPE Download and customize each form
The Complete Guide to OPPE: Strategies for Medical Staff Professionals, Physician Leaders, and Quality Directors Evalynn Buczkowski, RN, BSN, MS; Wendy R. Crimp, BSN, MBA, CPHQ; Valerie Handunge, MA The Complete Guide to OPPE provides medical staff leaders, medical staff professionals, and the quality team with the tools and strategies they need to effectively carry out OPPE. Authors Evalynn Buczkowski and Valerie Handunge, and contributing author Wendy R. Crimp deliver practical guidance to build and implement an OPPE process in your institution. They provide how-to approaches to help you: Create and implement a comprehensive and compliant OPPE policy Select meaningful indicators and gather appropriate data Establish thresholds to identify opportunities for performance improvement Assess performance and help evaluators and practitioners interpret OPPE reports Intervene on practitioners with improvement opportunities and performance concerns Targeted for Joint Commission--accredited organizations, The Complete Guide to OPPE offers best practices for all hospitals, regardless of their accreditation provider. It walks you through the steps to develop, implement, and maintain a strong OPPE program, including: Developing a framework for OPPE and defining the scope of the program Creating a communication plan for implementing the program Evaluating potential indicators for fairness and feasibility of collection Determining who should share perceptions of practitioners and how their perception data should be interpreted Selecting thresholds based on indicator types and using thresholds to interpret variation Solving data integrity issues and minimizing data collection errors, such as attribution Structuring and staffing the OPPE review Preparing for and carrying out critical practitioner conversations about performance improvement Table of ContentsSection 1: Developing a Strategy for OPPE The Impetus for Practitioner Performance Improvement Building a Successful OPPE Program Developing an OPPE Communication Plan Section 2: Selecting Data for the OPPE Program Understanding Performance Indicators Using Perception Data as a Source for OPPE Evaluations Establishing Thresholds and Benchmarks to Interpret Performance Solving the Attribution Problem Developing Protocols for Low-Volume Practitioners and Advanced Practice Practitioners Section 3: Compiling OPPE Reports and Implementing the OPPE Program Designing Practitioner-Friendly OPPE Reports Delivering OPPE Reports to Practitioners Evaluating Performance and Engaging Practitioners in Performance Improvement Conversations When OPPE Leads to FPPE Who should read OPPE? The Complete Guide to OPPE is the perfect companion for medical staff professionals, physician leaders, quality directors, medical executive committee members, credentials committee members, vice presidents of medical affairs, chief medical officers, and risk managers.
Credentialing A to Z is an on-the-go reference packed with easy- to-digest information, Q&As, quizzes, notes, and downloadable forms that will help MSPs gain knowledge about their tasks and the value of their work, enhance team-building, and combat burnout and stress. Author Mary Long, CPMSM, brings in-depth insights, a light touch, and a sense of humor that fellow MSPs will appreciate. This valuable reference guide addresses, defines, and explains your toughest topics in alphabetical order, including: A: Applications-where all credentialing processes start, and possibly end. APPs-are advanced practice professionals processed through the medical staff services department or human resources? B: Bylaws, policies, and rules and regulations-do you know where your medical staff information is? C: Credentialing-the right information to verify, and the correct way to do it. G: Governance-an organized medical staff requires governance in order to function. But what does that have to do with credentialing? M: Meetings-medical staff management in "minutes." P: Peer evaluations, FPPE, and OPPE-who's a peer? Who's a good peer? Privileging-the whens and hows of core privileges, disaster privileges, emergency privileges, and temporary privileges of all stripes. R: Reappointment-building and sticking to a cycle. Red flags-spotting them, stopping them, and getting answers. V: Verification-the querying process, the organizations, and the information they provide. X, Y, and Z: Xenon, yag lasers, and zero data (mastering medical terminology-no, CABG isn't "cabbage") Credentialing A to Z provides new MSPs and credentialing coordinators on-the-job spot training that will build and test their knowledge in a fun way before they're put to the test with less-fun credentialing challenges (such as surveys). All quizzes, Q&As, and other forms are downloadable and customizable, allowing MSPs to tailor them to their programs.
HCPro is pleased to introduce Effective Peer Review: A Practical Guide to Contemporary Design, Second Edition, authored by The Greeley Company experts, Robert J. Marder, MD and Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS. Completely updated to help you: * Comply with The Joint Commission's 2007 standards * Deliver focused and ongoing professional practice evaluations * Evaluate physician core competencies * And much more! Peer review continues to rate as a top problematic issue and one you can't ignore. The pressure is driven by publicly available national data, The Joint Commission's 2007 standards expanding measurement of physician competence, and hospital boards' need to be assured that the peer review process is functioning effectively. Learn how to go beyond just satisfying a regulatory requirement to performing peer review that fosters true improvement within your facility. Although hospitals go through the motions of peer review, they are often unable to make it a meaningful process-one that results in true improvement in physician performance and meets The Joint Commission's standards. Transform your peer review process and meet external requirements with Effective Peer Review: A Practical Guide to Contemporary Design, Second Edition. Get best practices to make peer review worthwhile Newly updated and in high demand, Effective Peer Review, Second Edition, outlines and provides advice about how to do physician peer review effectively. Authored by experts from The Greeley Company, this book and CD-ROM goes beyond just reviewing the Joint Commission standards. It puts the standards in context by emphasizing best practices you can implement in your peer review process. Plus, you'll receive thorough discussion about data analysis and collection, along with peer review scoring and rating systems. Critical information at your fingertips Offering step-by-step guidance to peer review, this book and CD-ROM will help you: * Streamline your exist
Simulation can be a valuable tool in academic or clinical settings, but technology changes quickly, and faculty, students, and clinicians need to know how to respond. Understanding simulation scenarios and environments is essential when designing and implementing effective programs for interdisciplinary learners. In this fully revised second edition of Mastering Simulation, nationally known experts Janice Palaganas, Beth Ulrich, and Beth Mancini guide students and practitioners in developing clinical competencies and provide a solid foundation for improving patient outcomes. Coverage includes: · Creating simulation scenarios and improving learner performance · Designing program evaluations and managing risk and quality improvement · Developing interprofessional programs and designing research using simulation
