In recent years, the demand for locum tenens physicians has risen dramatically across the country, largely as the result of increased patient volume. Contributing to this increase is the aging baby boomer population and a drop in uninsured under the Affordable Care Act.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 6
Aging populations, increasing healthcare costs, and continuously advancing technology have made telemedicine the fastest-growing area within the healthcare industry. With more hospitals and other healthcare organizations using this tool to deliver services to their patients, MSPs must make sure...
Last month, we explored the “germinating seed” in some medical staff leaders of the recognition that there might be more to healthcare than just the physician-patient interaction that is the cornerstone of our medical training and experience. If this happens, medical staff leaders are encouraged...
A culture of patient safety is prominent throughout the healthcare industry. It is quite common to find a requirement for pre-employment drug testing for all healthcare organization employees. This often encompasses employees who are involved in direct patient care, including credentialed...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 5
It has been a little over a year since the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) officially launched its expedited licensure process in April 2017. The compact, which was initially developed by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), began to explore the idea of using an interstate...
According to the AMA, nearly a quarter of physicians actively practicing in the United States in 2015 were age 65 or older. In a world where longer life spans and delayed retirement have become commonplace, this statistic is not particularly shocking, but it points to a question that hospital...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
Also, the leading causes of health data breaches, a hospital and cardiology group pays millions to settle kickback allegations, and a CMS initiative aims to allow patients to control their medical records data
Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by...
Phishing emails and their viruses are used to obtain credit card numbers, usernames, passwords, and (in the case of hospitals) patient records and data. The spread of WannaCry ransomware in 2017 (which hobbled one-fifth of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service) was largely attributed to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire (the “Court”) ordered a hospital to produce records of a committee’s investigation into a terminated nurse’s actions and patient care. The Court found that the hospital could not show that a privilege afforded by state law applied to the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
Are you aware that there is credentialing going on in your hospital—and it’s not in the medical staff department? If you are, you’re in the minority. Just like many are not aware that a medical staff services department (MSSD) exists, few people give a thought to all those “others” roaming the...
