Personal finance website WalletHub recently ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 11 metrics to determine where is the best place for physicians to practice. The metrics included mean annual wages, number of hospitals per 100,000 residents, malpractice award payouts, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 12
Hackers targeted two southern California hospitals—Chino Valley Medical Center and Dessert Valley Hospital—late last week by infiltrating their computer systems with ransomware, which encrypts data and demands payment to unlock it.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 11
Later this month, New York will become the first state to require that all prescriptions be written electronically and to penalize physicians who fail to comply. The move is part of a 2012 state law, I-Stop, designed to help fight prescription opioid abuse.
“Paper prescriptions had become...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 10
Presenting patients with a diverse workforce at hospitals and healthcare institutions can lead to better patient outcomes. Researchers from the University of Southern California found that patients are less likely to trust physicians and follow medical instructions if they feel they are being...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 9
A recently released study by Avalere Health finds that many states are facing significant shortages of primary care physicians. About 57 million Americans live in communities that lack a satisfactory number of primary care physicians to meet needs.
The American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors unanimously voted to extend its decision to not require Practice Assessment, Patient Voice, and Patient Safety in its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program through December 31, 2018.
Based upon feedback from the internal...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 3
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that information collected under the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act (Credentials Act) is confidential but not privileged. Because of this ruling, a hospital being sued for negligent credentialing has to produce the medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 7
An 18-year-old teenager in West Palm Beach, Florida, is accused on impersonating a physician and operating an unlicensed medical office. Malachi Love-Robinson was arrested after officials received a tip that he was practicing medicine without a license.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 5
Between 2003 and 2013, 177 physicians who were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) for sexual misconduct have not been disciplined by their state boards, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.
