Legislation that has been proposed in the state of Washington would create a “quality improvement program” for physicians that would allow the Washington Medical Quality Assurance Commission to intervene “in cases of questionable behavior or care, or in cases where there is reasonable cause...
Georgia hospitals could scale back their services under a plan unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Nathan Deal meant to help rural communities keep healthcare facilities open. Speaking to the Rural Caucus of the General Assembly earlier this week, Deal proposed a change in hospital licensure rules that...
It’s a good month for money and numbers—tax preparation, March Madness, and the 2014 MSP Salary Survey! HCPro’s Credentialing Resource Center team wants to gauge the financial prospects for MSPs in 2014. Please take a few moments to complete our updated salary survey. If you’ve done this...
“Over the past few months, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has been exploring the use of wearable computing,” John Halamka, MD, wrote in a KevinMD post this week. “In the emergency department we’ve been evaluating an early unit of Google Glass, a high tech pair of glasses that...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 12
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced it will hear North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission to determine whether a federal agency has the right to intervene in state medical licensure board decisions.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 12
“Hospitals can do more to protect patients. Improved security, such as surveillance of drug storage areas, tighter chain of custody on drugs, and better tracking of controlled substances are obvious areas to target,” wrote Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson and Erika T. Broadhurst, a special...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 12
The nation will get a good look this week at the future faces of medicine. Friday is Match Day, the high-pressure equivalent of Draft Day in professional sports, when medical school seniors find out where they will be doing their residency training. Students found out Monday whether they...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 12
It’s a good month for money and numbers—tax preparation, March Madness, and the 2014 MSP Salary Survey! HCPro’s Medical Staff Leader Insider team wants to gauge the financial prospects for MSPs in 2014. Please take a few moments to complete our updated salary survey. If you’ve done this...
About 90% of hospitals and other healthcare facilities reported using locum tenens physicians at some point in 2013, up from 74% in 2012, according to a survey conducted by Staff Care, a national temporary healthcare staffing firm. Filling in for a physician who left was the most cited reason...
Nurse practitioners (NP) in New York can diagnose conditions and prescribe medications as long as they have a written agreement with a collaborating physician. However, a bill in the New York State Legislature attached to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal would eliminate the need for a...
