The new and very much improved Credentialing Resource Center website is on the launchpad, and following field tests, you’ll be able to see what we’ve done.
Which brings me to this electronic weekly. Your Credentialing Resource Center Insider is not only getting a new look...
Overall hospital prices declined 0.5% in January, and were 0.1% less than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this week. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals declined 0.6%, and were 0.1% less than in January 2014, according to the BLS'...
Last week, graduating osteopathic medical students learned where they will be doing their osteopathic medical residencies when the American Osteopathic Assocation (AOA) released the DO Match results. More than 2,900 individuals participated in the AOA Intern/Resident Registration Program,...
Patients often go online to find diagnoses, drug information, and details about their physicians. But do professional standards prevent physicians from doing the same to patients? Sometimes, the practice is acceptable—most other times, it isn’t, according to the authors of a paper in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 8
Time is running out to register for the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Join us, March 12-13 as we bring MSPs and medical staff leaders to learn how to:
Conquer credentialing and privileging challenges
Educate and
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
Although the Latino population in the country has steadily grown, the number of Latino physicians per capita fell steeply over a 30-year period, according to a study published in Academic Medicine.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
Following the outbreak of Ebola last year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released four web-based training modules to help prepare emergency department workers who may treat patients with infectious diseases.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
A study released by the Teaching Hospital Council of Florida and the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida found that the state could face a shortage of nearly 7,000 physician specialists by 2025.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
“Without the insights of seasoned real-world doctors and nurses, apps could end up with the same safety issues that are plaguing electronic health records, many of which were also developed with little regard to physician or nurse input.”
- Jaan Sidorov, MD,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 7
Following the news earlier this month that Anthem was the victim of a data breach in which the personal information of about 80 million people was compromised, attention has been refocused on keeping medical data secure. Has this incident or any...
