"I was surprised that the measure changes were not huge. The measures that have been proposed for removal are not that highly used—we were expecting some of them to go away."
- Ida Mantashi, chair of the Electronic Health Record Association's Quality Measurement Workgroup, discusses CMS' ...
The third largest health system in the United States, Providence St. Joseph Health System struggled with an issue common among health systems: how to bring together disparate data and develop one source of truth for provider data.
“The two big issues relevant to providers were how do we...
“Medicine is a team sport — and every team member has a specific role to perform in the delivery of high-quality, safe, compassionate, effective, efficient and affordable health care.”
The 10-year legal battle between a Cleveland Clinic urologist and his patient came to an end this week. Retired Air Force Colonel David Antoon agreed to pay $100 to settle with his former urologist, Jihad Kaouk, MD. Prior to the settlement, Antoon faced felony charges for sending emails to Kaouk...
It only takes one missing piece of information that isn’t uncovered within the credentialing process and your organization could wind up making a bad hiring decision. And that could spell trouble for patients and your hospital.
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"How to Succeed in a Paperless System" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC)! Click here to access this new release directly...
Can a supervisory or collaborative agreement be considered an addendum to an APP’s delineation of privileges, or should the agreement’s contents be incorporated into the actual delineation form?
