Simulation training is not a new concept in healthcare, but as medical education and practices become more metrics-based, this kind of training is taking on new roles in competence assessment. Teaching hospitals and medical schools on the front lines report expanding interest from...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 10
Deborah Sutherland, PhD, CEO of the University of South Florida Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), says physician simulation training may be the (near) future of privileging, competence assessment, and much more?both in hospitals and at the specialty board and state...
When CMS announced new finalized regulations in May, most of the coverage focused on the updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoP) regarding the amendment that allowed unified and integrated medical staffs for multihospital systems and member hospitals (Governing Body CoP...
More than 90% of nurses and physicians got their shots last season, according to the U.S. Centers for Diesease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a report in last week’s issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC stated that more than 75% of all healthcare workers reported...
It’s common for patients to come into a hospital with injuries, but too often they’re the ones inflicting injury on nurses, technicians, and security guards, according to a new study by researchers with Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, published in the Journal of...
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015, for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium! The event will take place at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. We have a great group of speakers lined up: Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS; Hugh...
