U.S. physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and consultants make up most of the healthcare professionals who use Twitter, according to Creation Healthcare, a London-based research and training consultancy. U.S. healthcare professionals comprise 31% of the 75,000 worldwide total of healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 17
Physicians in 2012 helped boost the U.S. economy, creating close to 10 million jobs, generating $1.6 trillion in sales revenue, $775 billion in wages and benefits, and $65 billion in state and local tax revenue, according to an AMA study completed in conjunction with state medical associations...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 16
The latest issue of Medical Staff Briefing is here, and if there’s a common theme throughout, it’s information sharing—what to share, how to share it, and when. The lead-off Q&A with Karen Beem of the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) sheds light on HFAP’s new...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 16
The American College of Physicians (ACP) last week debuted a High Value Care Coordination Toolkit designed to enable more effective and patient-centered communication among primary care physicians (PCPs) and subspecialists. The toolkit includes five components.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 16
The looming physician shortage has prompted many medical educators to champion a new way of teaching called competency-based medical education (CBME). Instead of a set four-year medical school curriculum based on lectures and written exams, CBME focuses on small-group experiences. In this system...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 16
“If you go to an offshore school, the best case scenario is that you'll have about a 50% or perhaps slightly better chance of matching to a residency position in any specialty and about a 2.5% to 3% chance of matching in general surgery. These odds may be worse if you choose a lesser-known...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 16
As more states expand the scope of practice for nurse practitioners (NPs) in an effort to combat the growing physician shortage, news website Remapping Debate explores the differences in training between the providers and whether those differences impact patient care.
An orthopedic surgeon accused of slapping anesthetized patients on the buttocks and making crude comments about them faces possible criminal charges, and the Syracuse, N.Y. hospital that reportedly ignored staff complaints about his behavior may be sanctioned, according to Syracuse.com. The...
Maintenance of certification (MOC) exam scores are falling: First-time pass rates for those who re-certified in internal medicine have declined from 90% in 2009 to 78% in 2013, Kevin Pho, MD, wrote on the KevinMD blog earlier this week. Pho cited two possible reasons for this drop. The first...
Primary care physicians (PCP) are in a difficult spot these days. Paid less than specialists, many jam their schedules with 15-minute appointments to bring in cash. Hospitals are buying up clinics, and some independent physicians are eager to join and leave the business-side headaches to someone...
