Three pieces of legislation related to expanding allied health practitioners’ scope of practice—Senate Bill (SB) 491, SB492, and SB493—have met differing fates in California State Assembly committees. Senate Bill 491, which would allow nurse practitioners to practice without physician oversight...
The Joint Commission is seeking input on proposed changes to its diagnostic imaging requirements for the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, and hospital accreditation programs. The requirements need to be enhanced to address quality- and safety-related issues associated with diagnostic...
Thousands of foreign-trained immigrant physicians are living in the United States with lifesaving skills that are going unused because they stumbled over one of the many hurdles in the path toward becoming a licensed physician here.
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 32
Maine Medical Center announced a slate of personnel and payroll cuts earlier this week, including the elimination of 175 positions, layoffs of 50 employees, and 12.5% reductions in compensation for top hospital administrators.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 32
Researchers at Kaiser Permanente have shown it's possible to automate collection of data from an electronic health record for public quality reporting. They've also proved that this automation saves money, compared to manual data abstraction. However, their paper in the Journal of the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 32
During the last 20 years, healthcare employment has stayed on a steady, strong upward trajectory. But now that steady upward climb is showing signs of flattening out, according to a US News & World Report article last week. July jobs data showed healthcare added only 2,500 jobs, its...
