Results from a national survey of pediatric care providers recently published in Clinical Pediatrics highlight the increasing burden of documentation and the need to include coding and billing skills as part of...
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Experts agree that locum tenens should not have their own medical staff category. “Membership on the medical staff typically denotes an association with a special prerogative, such as the right to vote or hold office,” says Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, advisory consultant and...
Nurses have set a historical precedent of stepping in wherever they are needed. It has been argued that nurses do not practice to the full extent of their education thanks to certain regulations. Were nurses to utilize the entirety of their practice and abilities,...
Although hospitals seem to look for leaders within their medical staff frequently, many hospitals do not actually offer formal to their medical staff members. For example, as they undergo training, medical residents advance uniformly into positions with more responsibilities. The first-year...
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To boost patient safety and physician efficiency, Seattle Children's Hospital adopted overlapping emergency room shifts for physicians and achieved a dramatic reduction in patient...
Most central verification offices (CVO) have a team within their operational structure that takes care of technical applications and software functionality. With most CVOs moving toward greater automation, technical expertise is required. This team calls for a special skill set to ensure data...
