Resources

One of the downsides to the electronic health record (EHR) is that it generates hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pages of records for virtually every hospital encounter. When engaging MDReview for an external review project, our clients often ask why it’s necessary to send all medical records in addition to other items we often request, such as pre- and post procedure office notes and any preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative imaging.

A well-respected, senior surgeon with an outstanding reputation and decades of successful practice in a major metropolitan area, was given a complaint that he was performing surgeries that were unnecessarily aggressive and not clinically indicated. 

The Hardenbergh Group’s client, a large, Connecticut acute care hospital, has served its community for decades. The hospital was acquired by a major hospital and health system in 2015. The hospital turned to The Hardenbergh Group to fill its void.

A large, East Coast healthcare system with several hundred employed physicians and an established Medical Staff Office was unexpectedly losing one of its long-term credentialing professionals.

Leadership at Allina Health, a large Minneapolis-based healthcare system operating 11 hospitals and more than 90 clinics across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, saw the need to launch its own credentials verifications organization (CVO) to improve efficiency in reviewing and approving prospective physician applications.