During the past six months, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has increased its number of inpatient quality indicators (IQI) and patient safety indicators (PSI). Indicators targeted for 2010 include death among surgical patients with treatable serious complications,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 11
A lack of precision should not prevent the reasonable interpretation of physician performance data as long as the data are being used reasonably. Executives make reasonable decisions all the time based on imprecise data. Here are four helpful principles regarding the interpretation of imprecise...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 11
More medical groups are offering part-time schedules or decreased responsibilities to keep veteran physicians on staff, according to the 2008 Physician Retention Survey conducted by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Cejka Search.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 10
Medical organizations are increasing the number of advanced practitioners (PAs, NPs, and certified registered nurse anesthetists) on staff to support physicians, according to Cejka Search and the American Medical Group Association.
