Medical staff offices (MSO) are an intense hub of activity, and if the MSO is incorporated into a hospital's medical affairs office, the hub of activity increases exponentially. How the medical affairs department views the MSO's departmental position in the organization can be as positively...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 10
Medical scribes are increasingly alongside physicians in the emergency department (ED) and other hectic hospital settings, where they enter patient data into electronic medical records (EMR) or paper charts, thus freeing practitioners to see more patients. With the rise of EMR...
The role of allied health professionals (AHP) continues to grow every year across the country. AHPs have become one of the backbones of providing patient care, and their presence is ever more key to the operation of hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) 2012 Annual Report shows an overall increase in the number of physicians and nonphysicians who participate in continuing medical education (CME). More than 24 million physicians and other healthcare professionals...
The role of allied health professionals (AHP) continues to grow every year across the country. AHPs have become one of the backbones of providing patient care, and their presence is ever more key to the operation of hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 10
The landscape of the healthcare environment is constantly changing, now more rapidly and with greater impact than ever before. One change that has invoked more debate than others has been the increase in employed physicians-that is, physicians working directly for a hospital...