Telemedicine providers communicate with patients or other caregivers via electronic communications. They will remotely review medical records, render a diagnosis, provide radiologic interpretation, or prescribe treatment, all without ever stepping foot inside the hospital. Because a telemedicine...
While the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is the most prevalent certifying body, recent developments in physician certification have increased interest in other available options. This summary points out some of the aforementioned developments, the latest certifying entity to arrive...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 2
Accreditation certifies that an organization has met specific quantified standards. Similarly, accrediting bodies are certified in terms of their ability to measure these standards. Usually, the top rung on the accreditation ladder is a sole agency, which may have the government as the primary...
Patient misidentification is an underreported problem that still plagues healthcare. Despite electronic records, bar codes, and checklists, many patients end up getting the wrong procedure, medicine, care, or diagnosis.
Brad Truax, MD, is board-certified in both neurology...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
The California Fourth District Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a Superior Court of Orange County decision finding that the defendants failed to provide any evidence that a department chair’s statements were made in connection to the hospital’s peer review process.
The plaintiffs...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed the decision of a district court granting summary judgment in favor of a hospital after a former employee sued for it for breaching a separation agreement.
The plaintiff in the case, dermatologist Elisa S....
Physicians, did you know that you can hack your way to faster and better sleep? The best part is that it’s through music. A certain type of music, called binaural beats, can alter the brain’s frequency of delta wave production, which are the brain waves that enable a person to fall asleep. For...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 11
Returning to practice or reengaging in specific practice areas can be a daunting process, both for physicians and for the hospitals where they seek to practice. Every year, large numbers of physicians seek to return to practice after an extended voluntary absence from patient care. Others have...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 11
