Recent studies found that sending patients text message alerts reminding them to take their medication increased their chances of complying. A paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at 16 studies which collectively tracked 3,000 chronically ill patients in different countries...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 2
These questions and answers are from the recent HCPro webcast, "FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges," presented by Todd Sagin, MD, JD, national director of Sagin Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and HG Consultants, LLC.
A myriad of regulatory issues confront healthcare organizations as they determine what specific telehealth services to offer and how to offer them. What does this mean to MSPs and medical staff leadership? In this article, we summarize some of the major legal and regulatory challenges facing...
The fear of lawsuits runs deep in many facilities, and although MSPs are very rarely named as defendants, they play a crucial role in making sure lawsuits from physicians don't derail credentialing, privileging, and peer review processes.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
In response to the Affordable Care Act, some primary care physicians are moving toward offering direct primary care to avoid complications with the insurance requirement. There are currently more than 400 direct primary care practices nationwide. Before 2010, there were between six and 20...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
The percentage of physicians with burnout is rising, according to researchers at the AMA and Mayo Clinic. The researchers conducted a follow-up to a 2011 national survey and found that in 2014, 54.4% of physicians reported at least one sign of burnout on the Maslach Burnout Inventory, up from...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
More organization are putting a greater emphasis on leadership skills when recruiting physicians. Finding the right physician for a leadership role can help hospitals perform better as there has been shown to be a strong correlation between physician leadership and quality scores.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
The following questions and answers are from the recent HCPro webcast, "FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges," presented by Todd Sagin, MD, JD, national director of Sagin Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and HG Consultants, LLC.
Last spring the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) updated its guidelines for the first time in more than 10 years. The following questions and answers are from the recent HCPro webcast, FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges, presented by...
