A new report from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and the Robert Graham Center revealed that physician leadership and comprehensive, effective EHR use are two of six factors linked to the success of an accountable care organization (ACO).
Credentialing and privileging lapses in the ambulatory arena have a familiar calling card: too few staff wearing too many hats. Compared to the average hospital, ambulatory facilities have much shorter rosters of affiliated practitioners, meaning a lone employee may constitute the entire...
When it comes to digital adoption, a recent survey suggests that the world of healthcare credentialing is catching on. What was once a predominantly paper-based process for healthcare organizations, physicians, and advanced practitioners is now...
"When there's a decision to make, I routinely ask myself one question — 'What is best for the patient?' ... We're here because of our patients; if we put patients and their needs first, we know we're doing the right thing."
"This settlement brings closure to a long legal fight over the improper interference into the physician-patient relationship and the autonomy of a medical staff's responsibility for medical decision making and peer review."
- California Medical Association President Theodore M. Mazer, MD...
