Electronic medical records (EMR), smartphones, texting, e-mail, remote access-all of these innovations have hit the healthcare sector with force over the past 10 years. For some physicians, EMRs enable them to work more quickly and keep better notes; for other physicians, it...
Are physicians on your medical staff debating whether to use scribes? The decision will depend on your organization's resources and whether it is able to meet accreditation requirements. Check out this FAQ to help get the decision-making process started.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 8
The first half of 2011 has produced a number of natural disasters that have ravaged various regions. In April and May, flooding of the Mississippi River devastated areas of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Wildfires in Texas burned more than 2.5 million acres, and Western...
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) was created to provide immunity from monetary damages to hospitals and individual practitioners participating on medical peer review committees. HCQIA also created the National Practitioner Data Bank.
You've identified sources of data, analyzed trends, formatted the results into easy-to-read ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) scorecards, and disseminated those scorecards to practitioners. Now what?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 8
The first half of 2011 has produced a number of natural disasters that have ravaged various regions. In April and May, flooding of the Mississippi River devastated areas of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Wildfires in Texas burned more than 2.5 million acres, and Western...
