A recent report by the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) found that transitioning certain routine business transactions from manual to electronic could result in $8 billion of savings annually for the healthcare industry.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 11
A cyber attack has exposed the medical, personal, and financial records of more than 11 million customers of Premara Blue Cross dating back to 2002. The attack was discovered in January and is believed to have begun in May of 2014.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 10
A Philadelphia jury convicted Padge-Victoria Windslowe, 45, of murder following the death of a dancer who died after having silicone injected in her buttocks.
The Supreme Court of North Carolina (the "Court") affirmed a decision by the North Carolina Court of Appeals that certain documents requested by a plaintiff-patient suing a hospital for negligence were not protected from discovery by the state's peer review privilege statute.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
Physician assistants (PA) in the emergency department (ED) are licensed to practice under physician supervision. According to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), PAs have a number of responsibilities in the ED, including out-of-hospital patient care, patient triage, patient...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
A study released by the Teaching Hospital Council of Florida and the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida found that the state could face a shortage of nearly 7,000 physician specialists by 2025.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 6
A policy that would require physicians in Manitoba set up an on-call system for patient calls after hours, on weekends, and during vacations has been placed on hold due to confusion from physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 5
Forty-six percent of physicians reported feeling burned out, up from 40% in 2013, according to Medscape’s Physician Lifestyle Report for 2015, which was based on the responses of nearly 20,000 physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 2
According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), allergists/immunologists are trained in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of immune system problems such as allergies, asthma, inherited immunodeficiency diseases, and autoimmune diseases.
