The American Hospital Association’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate recently published the results of a survey looking into hospitals’ practices to engage patients and their families. The survey included 25 key practices and asked hospitals to report which ones they had adopted...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
“Digital intimacy is another difference between the generations. Boomers and seniors speak different languages when it comes to digital activity, electronic health records and the entire information transformation compared with the younger generations, who have worked with computers earlier in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 23
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recently announced an update to the internal medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) blueprint, which will be implemented starting with the Fall 2015 internal medicine MOC exam.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 22
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey - Camden (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, granted defendants' motion to dismiss a surgeon's claims of antitrust violations, civil rights violations, and unfair competition.
Patricia Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA take a look at issues that can cause practitioner impairment. This month, they focus on illness.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
At the same time that the physician population overall is aging, a growing physician shortage is making many institutions anxious to hold on to every practitioner they can.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 21
In the 2015 MSP Salary Survey, 33% of respondents said they oversee other departments/services. This number increased by 2% since 2014 (and there were also more respondents this year). The breakdown of what departments/services they oversee is as follows
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 20
Connecticut had the highest average cost per inpatient day at state or local government hospitals, according to 2013 statistics compiled by the Kaiser State Health Facts.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 19
The latest report from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) found that patient satisfaction in the healthcare industry is at its lowest level in nearly a decade. The healthcare sector as a whole scored 75.1 out of 100, which is down 3.2% from last year.
