As a result of changes within the CMS Conditions of Participation, The Joint Commission standards language has been revised in order to maintain uniformity within both Leadership and Medication Management chapters, The Joint Commission announced last week. Among the changes for...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
In a recent blog posted on The New York Times’ Well site, Pauline Chen, MD, writes that surgical residency used to be a period of both intensive experience and increasing responsibility under the guidance of more experienced surgeons; and recent research has demonstrated a strong link...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
Almost a third of surveyed physicians reported taking on extra medical work outside their practices to help maintain their incomes, a 2012 Physicians Practice survey found. The trend has continued, according to a Medscape report released last week. Additional work doesn't necessarily...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
Premier's Accountable Care Organization and Population Health Management Trends survey, released last week, points to steady growth of ACOs, although the pace of growth is slower than anticipated. More than 18% of respondents say their hospitals currently participate in an ACO, up from 4....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
This is the last edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider for the year. A big thank you for reading and contributing to this electronic resource! The coming year will have its share of anticipated regulatory changes, and no doubt there will be plenty of “unexpected news” in the medical...
Many observers point to nurse practitioners (NPs) and other advanced practice professionals as a cornerstone of care delivery under healthcare reform efforts. However, a new poll from Ipsos found that 72% of respondents who were asked to choose who they prefer to see for their medical care...
Some North Carolina lawmakers and organizations are calling for the state to loosen its healthcare certification laws to allow for more same-day surgery centers, but hospital organizations argue that doing so would put them at a competitive disadvantage, the Star News (Wilmington, N.C.)...
Deployment of telemedicine services is increasing worldwide, in tandem with improving telecommunication and the shortage of physicians in rural and remote areas, according to market research firm Research and Markets. The growth of telemedicine will continue at a rapid pace—18.5%—through 2018,...
Turf battles loom at or just under the surface of this week’s top stories. As an MSP, you’re no doubt very familiar with the territorial struggles associated with who will see and treat patients, and where. Our...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 49
Seventy-eight percent of hospital executives think there is a shortage of physicians; 66% say there is a shortage of nurses, and 50% report there is a shortage of advanced practitioners, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2013 Clinical Workforce Survey, which...
