After two nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas were infected with Ebola while treating a patient with the virus, the CDC released stricter infection control guidelines for healthcare workers focused on personal protective equipment (PPE).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 43
Despite a recent movement to increase primary care physicians’ ability to identify mental health problems in their patients, many may still struggle to get their patients access to psychiatric care, according to a study published online earlier this week by Psychiatric Services. For the...
A photo-sharing service for healthcare professionals will be rolled out across Western Europe by the end of the year, BBC News reported this week. The service, called Figure 1, enables physicians to share pictures of their patients with each other and with medical students. Each...
The Figure 1 app, which has been called “Instagram for doctors,” might help physicians make difficult diagnoses more rapidly by seeing what their colleagues have encountered. It might also provide a repository of visual information...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced last week that its national telehealth programs served more than 690,000 veterans during fiscal year 2014. That total represents approximately 12% of the overall veteran population enrolled for VA healthcare, and accounted for more than 2...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case with potential repercussions for thousands of state licensing boards. At issue is whether a state regulatory board composed mainly of private dentists violated the nation’s antitrust laws when it barred nondentists from offering teeth-...
The AMA and the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (AAAASF) separately announced new resources for Ebola. The AMA has created an online Ebola...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 42
A recent national poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health found that about 90% of Americans incorrectly believe Ebola can be spread through the air if an infected person sneezes or coughs.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 42
Figure 1, a photo sharing app that allows healthcare professionals to share pictures of their patients with each other and medical students for educational purposes will be launched across Western Europe by the end of the year.
