The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and credentialing...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 27
Prescribing mistakes are still as prevalent in some outpatient electronic prescribing systems as manual systems, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).
On May 2, CMS finalized a new credentialing rule that relieves credentialing professionals of the onerous task of verifying the often numerous hospital affiliations and board licenses typically held by telemedicine providers.
Although patient safety organizations (PSO) have been around for a couple of years, for many medical staffs, questions still linger. Hospitals aren't required to participate in a PSO, but many are considering doing so to reap the legal protections that PSOs offer.
In May, CMS issued final rules regarding the manner in which hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH) can privilege telemedicine providers, laying to rest a long debate.
