The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) hopes to ease license portability for physicians practicing across state lines, using grants from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to improve the way medical boards share physician data, according to a report in American Medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 44
Physicians are burned out, stressed out, and they’ve just about had it with the current state of healthcare, according to new findings of the 2006 American College of Physician Executives Physician Morale Survey.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 43
The American Hospital Association (AHA), in a letter to the accrediting body on Oct. 23, expressed support for the revisions to standard MS.1.20, but requested edits to element of performance (EP) 27, and urged the JCAHO to allow hospitals two to three years to be in compliance.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 42
A California law signed Sept. 29 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger requires the Medical Board of California to make publicly available the information it collects on state-licensed physicians' race and languages spoken. Eventually, the board wants to publish the information under individual...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 41
A Massachusetts coalition launched a state-wide initiative October 11 to reduce medication errors, providing a medication list for patients and providers and promoting tips for patients and their families on wise medication use.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 40
The National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) is urging the JCAHO to discontinue its revisions to Standard MS.1.20, which includes new elements of performance (EP) that would require medical staffs and the governing body to collaborate on the adoption of medical staff bylaws.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 39
Physicians frequently failed to communicate specific instructions to patients about newly prescribed medications, including dosing, adverse effects and how long to take the medication, in a study of outpatient encounters at two California healthcare systems published Sept. 26 in the Archives of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 38
Continuing to provide medical care for critically ill and displaced patients during a disaster scenario, such as those experienced along the Gulf Coast during Katrina and Rita, requires logistical and tactical training and preparedness for circumstances such as loss of power, water, sanitation,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 37
Quality reporting programs such as those mandated by the JCAHO and CMS play "complementary roles in encouraging quality improvement but are poorly coordinated and command sizeable resources," mainly due to the lack of adequate information technology (IT), according to a study published in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 36
Primary care is facing "a confluence of factors that could spell disaster," including inadequate reimbursement, uneven quality of care, and a drop-off in the number of generalists graduating from U.S. medical schools, according to an editorial published in the August 31 issue of the New England...
