The certification review process for Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS) is very similar to last year’s, according to The Joint Commission. “On-site review activities and certification process remain unchanged for 2014,” the HCSS Organization Review Process Guide states. Changes in the...
I was pondering the skill sets that we, as medical services professionals, need to develop as we move forward. Knowing I have a non-revenue-generating department, I've always wanted to make sure I add value to my organization. Some of the skill sets that I think are needed...
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 Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12
The new year ushers in a season of new beginnings and clean slates. Fresh optimism hangs in the air, reminding us to leave old habits in the past and resolve to meet new goals. The dawn of this new year is a good time to consider your professional goals, both big and small. If...
Given the lack of economic alignments, shrinking or flat reimbursements, and emergence of new technologies, it is almost inevitable that there will be competition between physicians and hospitals. The real challenge is figuring out a way to successfully and simultaneously collaborate and compete...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 46
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors has approved charters for two new advisory committees required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The PCORI Advisory Panel on Rare Disease and the Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials will begin meeting next spring...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 45
Today, the majority of U.S. medical schools have at least one student-run free clinic—a clinic almost completely staffed, operated, and led by medical students—under their auspices. However, these clinics raise some potential issues, such as patient care that is less efficient and less informed...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 44
Twelve Minnesota nurses who since 2010 are licensed to practice despite having either stolen narcotics on the job, fraudulently obtained prescriptions, or practiced while impaired by drugs or alcohol, a Star Tribune examination of more than 1,000 Minnesota Board of Nursing disciplinary...