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With an increase from 43.4 % in 2020 to 46.8 % in 2021 , the implementation of a single online application for the entire organization was the most fully implemented activity across all four initiatives .
This Centralization and Enterprise Standardization initiative activity maintained the highest successful implementation rating of any activity across all four major initiatives — 46.8 % of respondents indicated they had fully , successfully implemented a single online application for their entire organization . This was followed by implementing a centralized or regional CVO separate from the Medical Staff Office ( MSO ) ( 40.2 %), updating medical staff by-laws to reflect enterprise processes and standards ( 31.6 %), standardizing privileging criteria , forms , and core privileges across the enterprise ( 27.6 %), and integrating the Provider Enrollment activities within the MSO ( s ) or CVO ( 26.5 %). Implementing a centralized or regional MSO to support multiple facilities was rated the lowest , with only 24.3 % of participants reporting their organization had fully implemented this .
The most partially implemented activity within this initiative was the standardization of privileging criteria , forms , and core privileges across the enterprise with 40.4 % of respondents reporting this activity was partially implemented . The remainder of the percentages of those who had partially implemented the activities clustered closer together , ranging from approximately 11-33 %, with only 11.2 % of respondents reporting they had partially implemented a centralized or regional CVO separate from their MSO .
When combining the full and partial implementation scores , percentages increased — more than seven in ten respondents ( 73.6 %) indicated they had either full or partial success in implementing a single online application for their entire organization . Approximately two-thirds reported full or partial implementation of both standardizing privileging criteria , forms , and core privileges across the enterprise ( 68 %) and updating medical staff by-laws ( 64.1 %). Around half of all participants reported some level of implementation for implementing a centralized or regional CVO separate from the Medical Staff Office ( MSO ) ( 51.4 %) and integrating Provider Enrollment activities within the MSO ( s ) or CVO ( 48.6 %). Some four in ten ( 42.5 %) reported either full or partial implementation of a centralized or regional MSO to support multiple facilities .
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