The credentialing profession is about consistency. Regulatory and accrediting agencies mandate a set of criteria. All we have to do is follow that criterion to the letter. Sounds simple, right? To the individual unfamiliar with that simplified criteria, yes. The first impression would be to follow the directions to create a successful program. However, those of us in the profession know that the process is anything but simple. Collecting and verifying data may be the easy par

IT WAS SUPPOSED to be a one week temporary assignment at a small hospital in Philadelphia. St. Josesph's Hospital had just merged with Girard Medical Center down the street and was officially known as North Philadelphia Health System. In the year 1991, I walked through those hospital doors without any notion of the turn my life was about to take. One week turned into another and another and another. Before I chose to move on, I had functioned in one role as a multi-function