If the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) proposed interstate medical licensure compact were approved by state legislators and incorporated into the laws of most states, it could catalyze many substantial changes in medical practice, wrote Robert Steinbrook, MD, in an online Viewpoint in...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 8
During a brainstorming session at the Massachusetts Association of Medical Staff Service's Annual Education Conference in May, participants were asked how they dealt with the problem of physicians not providing documentation in a timely manner. The following solutions were offered...
Match data for 2014 show a modest increase in the primary care physician workforce, but the increase offers little redress to the primary care provider shortage, wrote Joanne Pohl, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP; Debra Barksdale, PhD, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN; and Kitty Werner, MPA, in a...
The Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program's latest scope of work, which gets underway this month, has some notable results to follow. During the three-year program period that just ended, hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries declined by 13% in QIO...
Although telemedicine has the potential to make access to care simpler and easier, healthcare experts and telemedicine advocates still have concerns that regulatory obstacles are preventing the industry from reaching its full potential, while raising legal questions for both hospitals and...
