State healthcare profession regulatory boards and agencies are now required to submit an attestation for all of the health professions they regulate, the Health Resouces and Services Administration (HRSA) reported earlier this month. Prior to January 26, only professions that were not part...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 8
Time is running out to register for the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Join us, March 12-13 as we bring MSPs and medical staff leaders to learn how to:
Conquer credentialing and privileging challenges
Educate and
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
Although the Latino population in the country has steadily grown, the number of Latino physicians per capita fell steeply over a 30-year period, according to a study published in Academic Medicine.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
Following the outbreak of Ebola last year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released four web-based training modules to help prepare emergency department workers who may treat patients with infectious diseases.
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 7
“Without the insights of seasoned real-world doctors and nurses, apps could end up with the same safety issues that are plaguing electronic health records, many of which were also developed with little regard to physician or nurse input.”
- Jaan Sidorov, MD,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
Following the news earlier this month that Anthem was the victim of a data breach in which the personal information of about 80 million people was compromised, attention has been refocused on keeping medical data secure. Has this incident or any...
Karen Kondilis, editor of Medical Staff Briefing, wrote the following blog post. Although “Jane Adele” is fictional, she might sound scarily familiar to you.
If you have been in the medical staff field for some time, you have probably encountered a “Jane Adele.” Jane Adele...
As hospitals acquire more physician offices, patients are often paying more, not less, for their care. At the heart of the disparity is Medicare’s policy of paying one price to independent physicians and another to physicians who work for large health systems—even if they are performing the...
A jury in Palm Beach County, Florida has returned an $8.5 million malpractice verdict against concierge medicine provider MDVIP. The jury found MDVIP liable for the negligence of one of its physicians, who was sued for misdiagnosing the cause of a patient’s leg pain, leading to its...