When hospitals began acquiring physician practices, many believed that integrating physicians under one roof would reduce costs by increasing efficiency and streamlining patient care. But the move toward physician integration may be actually driving up costs, at least initially, according to an...
Healthcare staffing models will shift to reduce post-discharge complications that can land patients back in the hospital, hospital executives and quality experts predict. Along with redeploying or retraining staff to avoid Medicare readmission penalties, some expect increased hiring for...
Maryland, Nevada, and Texas have joined the roster of states that require healthcare professionals in certain settings to wear a photo ID badge displaying their name and credentials. This makes it easier for patients to identify who on their medical teams are licensed MDs and DOs and who are...
A guide released by the Equity of Care initiative and the American Hospital Association's Hospitals (AHA) in Pursuit of Excellence outlines the steps necessary for an organization to become a "culturally competent" hospital. Cultural competence—the ability to provide care to patients with...
A New York state judge has ordered Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., to keep up its level of staffing after complaints by hospital workers that the State University of New York was allowing it to wither away even as officials publicly claimed they were doing everything possible...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
Spanish surgeons put "augmented reality" technology to the test last week in Madrid, where a chondrocyte transplant operation was carried out using Google Glass to allow experts in the U.S. to live-consult the procedure in real-time, streaming on the Internet. A 49-year-old man underwent the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
New Joint Commission requirements and revisions address leadership accountability for hospitalwide emergency management in hospitals and critical access hospitals. The prepublication requirements and revisions, announced earlier this week, provide a clearer description of leadership-level...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
Teaching hospitals with a higher intensity of physician-training activity achieve lower mortality rates, but higher hospitalization readmission rates for key medical diagnoses, according to a study in the July issue of Medical Care. The disparity in readmissions is greatest for “safety-...
Members of the U.S. Senate Rural Health Caucus have introduced a bill that would allow general supervision by physician or nonphysician providers (NPPs) for many outpatient therapy services, politicalnews.me reported. S.1143, the Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act, counters...
The American Medical Association voted Tuesday to declare obesity a disease, a move that effectively defines 78 million American adults and 12 million children as having a medical condition requiring treatment. The AMA's decision essentially makes diagnosis and treatment of obesity a physician's...
