Medical scribes are increasingly alongside physicians in the emergency department (ED) and other hectic hospital settings, where they enter patient data into electronic medical records (EMR) or paper charts, thus freeing practitioners to see more patients. With the rise of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 10
A range of regulatory changes have arrived-with more just around the corner. And now, acute care hospitals have another accrediting option to consider. In midsummer, the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) joined the ranks of DNV, the Healthcare Facilities...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 10
The landscape of the healthcare environment is constantly changing, now more rapidly and with greater impact than ever before. One change that has invoked more debate than others has been the increase in employed physicians-that is, physicians working directly for a hospital...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 10
Have you ever signed a department chair recommendation? Or made a motion to approve a credentials file? I certainly haven't, and I would venture to say that if you're a fellow MSP, you haven't, either. I have found, however, that there is a subtle line between making informal...
